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The KwaZulu-Natal head of the Directorate and Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Lesetja Senona, on Wednesday again denied sharing confidential information with businessman and alleged leader of the Big 5 Cartel Vusimuzi Cat Matlala, insisting they had spoken about general news events as friends. Matlala contacted Senona soon after the businessman’s home was raided and his…
The disbandment of a KwaZulu-Natal-based political killings task team was a surprise, and the handover of 121 dockets it was working on to the South African Police Service (SAPS) head office was “messy”, a member of the team told the Madlanga commission on Monday. “Within 24 hours, [task team] members had to try and scan…
Suspended deputy national commissioner for crime Shadrack Sibiya moved 121 case dockets from the KwaZulu-Natal-based political killings task team without a proper explanation, a witness told the Madlanga Commission on Monday. Mary Motsepe, the head of serious and violent crimes, told the commission, chaired by retired judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga, that she was instructed to collect…
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on Friday stuck to his guns in defending his decision not to consult cabinet ministers and senior police management prior to ordering the disbandment of a task team investigating political killings. Mchunu told parliament’s ad hoc committee probing allegations of corruption in the policing system that he did not breach…