By Johnathan Paoli
Parliament’s inquiry into Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s controversial decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) reached a tense and exhaustive session on Tuesday evening, as MPs from across the political spectrum pressed him on issues ranging from presidential consultation to his handling of whistleblower complaints and alleged links to private individuals.
Over several hours, members interrogated his consultation process, authority, and possible links to external figures.
Committee chairperson, Soviet Lekganyane, presided over a tense but orderly session as the minister maintained that his directive was “lawful, rational, and constitutionally grounded”.
ANC MP Thokozile Sokanyile opened her interrogation after lunch by focusing on the timing and clarity of Mchunu’s directive.
She asked whether the minister had known that National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola was on leave when he issued the instruction, and why he had used the word “immediately.”
Mchunu replied that the instruction had been
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