By Johnathan Paoli
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu was “visibly angry” when the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) took on new cases despite his instruction to wind down, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday.
Masemola said he found it “strange” that a minister would react with anger to police success.
“It was the first time in my career that I saw a minister angry because police had done a good job,” he testified.
“The meeting ended abruptly. He said he would only talk to me, not to Khumalo and the rest. What surprised me was exactly that … how could one be angry when police did what they are supposed to do?”
Masemola added that Mchunu had questioned the need for the PKTT, claiming President Cyril Ramaphosa had agreed it should be disbanded.
“At some point during the meeting Minister Senzo Mchunu stated
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