By Johnathan Paoli
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on Wednesday told Parliament’s ad hoc committee that he personally authored and signed the 31 December 2024 directive ordering the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), insisting that the decision was lawful, constitutional, and taken without outside influence.
Appearing before the committee for his first day, Minister Mchunu rejected claims that his instruction was politically motivated or engineered by senior SAPS officials.
” I’m taking personal responsibility for that letter, and I stand by it,” Mchunu said.
He said the directive was born out of five months of growing frustration with the police’s failure to curb murder, gang violence, and the proliferation of illegal firearms.
Mchunu’s testimony directly contradicted assertions by former KwaZulu-Natal commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and PKTT project leader Dumisani Khumalo, who told the inquiry earlier that the minister had exceeded his authority and bypassed operational command structures.
“It
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