CAPE TOWN - Deputy Police Commissioner for Visible Policing, Tebello Mosikili,says suspended Minister Senzo Mchunu’s directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) left her surprised and confused.
Mosikili was testifying before Parliament's SAPS Ad Hoc Committee on Tuesday.
She told MPs that the 31 December 2024 disbandment came as a surprise, as she had seen Mchunu on 28 December after they attended a funeral of a SAPS official in KwaZulu-Natal - there, where no talk of the disbandment was mentioned.
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Mosikili said she became aware of the minister’s directive on 2 January 2025 when she returned to Gauteng after attending festive season operations in KZN and the Eastern Cape.
“I became confused. I was also surprised and I questioned the authenticity of the directive as I could not believe the content and precisely because of the tone of the letter. For me, it was unexpected,” she told the committee.
Given the gravity the letter would have on the organisation, Mosikili said she called National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, who was on leave at the time, for guidance and to establish the facts.
Mosiliki said in her view, the timing of disbandment of the PKTT raised eyebrows and was premature.
She added that task teams remain necessary.
"Task teams will remain a necessary tool in my view. Part of why task teams are considered is because of the challenges that the province itself or the business units have. I do not see why, so soon, would we completely do away with the task team," Mosiliki added.