Ad hoc committee ends the week with Mchunu insisting PKTT directive was above board

By Johnathan Paoli

Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu spent his second day before Parliament’s ad hoc committee again defending his decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).

Mchunu insisted that his directive was both lawful and rational, even as evidence leader Norman Arendse (SC) pressed him on claims of poor consultation and deteriorating relations with senior police leadership.

Mchunu maintained that financial governance was at the heart of his decision, admitting that limited communication on his part was due to an oversight and not an attempt at stifling justice.

“There’s a whole range of issues, but I couldn’t squeeze all of them there. We may be dealing with something that is outside the [Public Finance management Act] at the end of the day,” Mchunu told the committee.

He said his letter to National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola contained only a high-level summary of his reasons for why