By Johnathan Paoli
Acting Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection and Forensic Services, Lieutenant General Hilda Senthumule has stated that confusion over the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) and the handling of sensitive case dockets lay at the heart of delays and disputes between senior police leadership, insisting the files were never in his custody and should not have been redirected to national offices.
Appearing before the committee on Tuesday, that the exclusion of KZN Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during the disbandment of the PKTT and tensions within SAPS leadership has led the country to this point.
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“The exclusion of the Police Commissioner is why we are here today. If he was not excluded, we don’t know what the outcomes would have been,” she said.
Senthumule said her involvement began formally on 4 February 2025
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