Ad Hoc Committee
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SAPS head of organised crime Richard Shibiri axed
Shibiri was found guilty of misconduct that brought the SAPS into disrepute, including associating with known criminal Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala
Mchunu challenges committee report, alleging prejudicial findings
Parliament’s ad hoc committee defended the evidence leaders’ draft report after suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu objected to the findings that he dismantled the PKTT…
Police Commissioner Masemola served with warrant for involvement in Matlala’s R360 million Medicare24 contract
Matlala’s Medicare24 contract was approved during Masemola’s tenure and later cancelled by the police commissioner after reports of poor service delivery and illegal procurement
Mkhwanazi renews claims against Mchunu
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was not consulted before the political killings task team was disbanded
Cat Matlala’s cellblock friend spills the beans to Mkhwanazi
Mkhwanazi told the ad hoc committee that he maintained that Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala approached him as an informer and was used by key individuals in organised crime
Mchunu disbanded political killings task team as police commissioner Masemola started leave
Deputy national police commissioner for crime detection Tebello Mosikili said the timing of the now suspended police minister’s disbandment letter was suspect
Ad hoc committee consults witnesses ahead of second phase of hearings
The parliamentary committee is scheduled to hear evidence on corruption in the policing system until 20 February
Phiyega denies meeting alleged cartel boss Matlala as recordings expose Mchunu, Sibiya links
Former police commissioner Riah Phiyega has denied ever meeting alleged crime boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala after explosive recordings played before the Madlanga commission
Hawks deny interference in Molefe’s arrest
But police officials tell commission about cases of interference
Madlanga: ‘15 missing cartridge cases removed from ballistic report in Matlala and Molefe murder case’, says forensic expert
Police officials doctored a ballistic report to remove the link of a whistleblower to various murders
Cele: I would have avoided the Marikana massacre
Bheki Cele, who was police commissioner from 2009 until he was dismissed in 2011, criticised his successor Riah Phiyega’s handling of the 2012 tragedy
Cele throws Mchunu under the bus
Former minister’s testimony alleged corruption and political interference
‘Mchunu should have consulted’ before disbanding task team, says former police minister Bheki Cele
Cele said he had tried to meet his successor to discuss the issue after leaving office, but his calls went unanswered
MPs take Mchunu to task over his views on post-democracy political killings
While admitting to his failure to consult before ordering the disbanding of a political killings task team, the suspended police minister denied any links to criminal syndicates
Senzo Mchunu throws Shadrack Sibiya under the bus, denies directive to remove 121 dockets
He contradicted the deputy national commissioner, who said he took the dockets from the task team because he ‘could not disobey an order from the minister