By Johnathan Paoli
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi came under intensive questioning from MPs as Parliament’s ad hoc committee began the second day of its probe into his July claims of political interference, criminal syndicates and corruption within South Africa’s justice and security structures.
Addressing the committee in Cape Town, Mkhwanazi stressed how the December 31 directive disbanding the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) illustrates the insidious nature of justice being manipulated in the country.
“The minister’s (former police minister Senzo Mchunu) letter did not break any law, but he exercised powers that were not his. If you disband a unit investigating criminal cases without replacing it, you are breaking the law,” Mkhwanazi told the committee.
Committee chair, Soviet Lekganyane, noted Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Dianne Kohler Barnard was attending virtually after questions about her recusal had gripped the committee late into Tuesday night.
DA MP Ian Cameron confirmed
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