By Johnathan Paoli
Suspended SAPS Sedibeng District Commissioner brigadier Abraham Mbangwa Nkhwashu has confirmed that he did, in fact request the Armand Swart murder case docket, but that it was part of a broader instruction from Gauteng Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni.
Appearing at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, Nkhwashu said the request formed part of a drive from the provincial leadership ordered by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi to streamline oversight over serious cases.
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“I never demanded the Armand Swart murder docket for any personal interest or improper purpose. At the relevant time, I was acting on instruction from the Provincial Commissioner [Mthombeni] to collect all case dockets that had J50 warrants of arrest and to submit them to the Deputy Provincial Commissioner of Detective Services [Major-General Mbuso Khumalo],” he said.
Nkhwashu said following a
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