Mashatile was in the convoy during the N1 attack, but was unaware it happened – Cele

Johnathan Paoli

Police Minister, Bheki Cele, told the Police Committee on Wednesday, that Deputy President Paul Mashatile was present in the convoy consisting of seven vehicles, but was unaware that two of the cars had stopped and engaged in a violent confrontation with civilian passengers of another vehicle.

Cele, the National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) were making presentations and discussed the incident and the public outrage that followed, in Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee in Cape Town on Wednesday.

Cele said Mashatile was not in either of the two vehicles seen in the video making rounds on social media, since the attack in Johannesburg last month.

“The DP was in the convoy, he was not at the crime scene where two of his cars pulled off to deal with that matter. Talking to him, he realised at home that there were two cars that