Overview
- Witness A says a Hawks member oddly requested a case number during an Organised Crime–led operation at Katiso “KT” Molefe’s home, as a traffic police helicopter hovered low over the property.
- He testifies that officers encountered resistance at the Sandhurst address, including an armed individual with the suspect and a Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department officer on scene.
- The witness recounts a meeting where Major-General Richard Shibiri referenced “three envelopes” for a magistrate, a prosecutor and investigators to secure the suspects’ release.
- He alleges omissions and possible tampering in the initial ballistic report after 15 rifle cartridges were recovered, prompting a second referral to a different laboratory.
- Phone records, CCTV and vehicle data allegedly link Molefe and Warrant Officer Michael Pule Tau to planning the hit using burner phones, a hijacked Hyundai i20 and cloned plates, with Tau later granted bail after an initial denial.