Sibiya pushes back: Masemola knew, PKTT decision was no ambush

By Charles Molele

Suspended deputy national police commissioner for crime detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, aimed a dagger blow on Thursday at the national commissioner Fannie Masemola and crime intelligence boss Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo, saying they did not have an objection to the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) in KwaZulu-Natal.

Sibiya, who testified for the second day at the Madlanga Commission, put all the blame for the PKTT disbandment going ahead on Masemola, who he says should have told then Police Minister Senzo Mchunu he did not agree with his decision and pushed back against it.

Sibiya, a career cop with over 37 years in the police force, also cited the minutes of a November 2024 meeting, which he said recorded discussions about the disbandment with Mchunu and Masemola present.

“If the national commissioner was not in agreement, he ought to have gone back to the minister,” Sibiya,