MPs still seeking answers as Senzo Mchunu concludes testimony

By Johnathan Paoli

Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu completed his testimony before Parliament’s ad hoc committee on Wednesday, as Parliament continued to press him on the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), allegations of political interference and corruption within SAPS procurement systems.

ANC MP Khusela Diko began the session after lunch by interrogating the basis of Mchunu’s authority to disband the PKTT, questioning whether the directive was a policy decision or a political intervention.

Mchunu maintained it was the latter, asserting that despite there being no explicit Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) resolution disbanding the task team, he acted within executive authority after verifying the legality.

Diko challenged inconsistencies around Mchunu’s use of the word “immediately” in that directive, noting that he had simultaneously requested both preliminary and final reports.

Mchunu responded that the term should not be taken rigidly.

Diko’s questioning also extended to Mchunu’s alleged political interference in