Sibiya insists disbandment directive came from Masemola’s office, attacks effectiveness of the PKTT

By Johnathan Paoli

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya has maintained that the directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) originated from the office of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola, even as sustained questioning forced him to concede that key documents did not instruct implementation and that his reliance on a flawed audit was misplaced.

Testifying before the Madlanga Commission on Friday after lunch, Sibiya’s insistence came under pressure when Commissioner Sandile Khumalo questioned why he did not wait for PKTT members to be transferred to the KwaZulu-Natal Murder and Robbery Unit before removing the team’s dockets.

Sibiya repeatedly denied criminality or irregularity in the handover, conceding only “an error of judgement” in how the process unfolded, before accepting that the officers should have been moved first.

“There is no wrongdoing whatsoever that happened in the process. But the way I am being