The inquiry into the township’s policing is finally poised to get under way after a year of court battles.
The jury is still out for crime intelligence boss, Richard Mdluli.
The commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha kicks off this week with a preliminary sitting before the public hearings begin in January.
Some police refer to crime intelligence officers as phantoms because they aren’t doing their jobs.
The embattled national police commissioner has assured her staff that she is not guilty of any crime.
Mzwandile Tiyo has declined to discuss allegations that his team was involved in laying criminal charges against Riah Phiyega.
Breakaway groups have looted stalls and robbed pedestrians in Cape Town, in a protest some residents say is about delivery rather than politics.
If put on trial and acquitted, suspended crime intelligence head Richard Mdluli believes it is his right to sue for possible malicious prosecution.
Mxolisi Nxasana says his decision to wait on an appeal court ruling to reinstate charges against Richard Mdluli is not a delaying tactic.
Allegations by Crime Intelligence of irregular rendition may be part of a campaign to discredit the Hawks and its chief, Anwa Dramat.