Overview

• Maj-Gen Petronella van Rooyen testified that Senzo Mchunu’s December 31 directive to dissolve the PKTT fell outside the police minister’s legal mandate.
• She said Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya had no authority to implement the instruction or transfer 121 case dockets, noting deputies report to the national commissioner.
• KZN Director of Public Prosecutions Elaine Harrison told the commission she learned of the disbandment via social media and that the Pretoria removal of dockets cost about three months of progress.
• The inquiry heard the seized dockets have been returned and the task team continues its work, though investigators are catching up after the disruption.
• Van Rooyen criticized Parliament’s police committee for failing to act on March allegations as a separate ad hoc inquiry readies public hearings from October 7.