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The People›Ms Gxasheka

Ms Gxasheka (HOD HR)

head of HR
Ms Linda Gxasheka, Head of Human Resources for the department, was described by Chief Mapiyeye as having assisted with initiating the recruitment process, though he emphasised she had no role in extending a deputy chief of police’s contract. Testimony later alleged she directly challenged Mapiyeye’s decision by deploying Brigadier Mkhwanazi back to his substantive post, and Commissioner Revo Spies asserted she lacked authority to interfere in municipal police matters. She also faced questions about expressing discomfort over media coverage linking an individual named Mr Matlala to a dangerous reputation, and about raising security and risk-assessment concerns during discussions around disciplining a brigadier, without questioning the allegations themselves.
1,040 claims2 scheme(s)10 contradiction(s)
Schemes linked
SC0006Crime Intelligence Secret Services AccountSC0009Julius Mkhwanazi disciplinary process (EMPD)
What the record shows (1,040 total claims — 150 substantive shown)
10 contradictions on the record
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-7507f16ae95f
Same entity directly characterizes the same matter as 'an oversight' and 'not oversight at all'—mutually exclusive.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I said, Chair, that it is an oversight”
Day 69Adv Baloyi SC“So it is not oversight at all”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-fc0e24a292b8
One claim states Gxasheka killed/stopped the process; her own statement denies stopping it—directly contradictory on same act.
Day 30Commissioner Revo Spies“this process has been killed and stopped by Gxasheka from HR.”
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I did not stop the process”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-b4751cee0b8b
Cannot both reschedule to start fresh in one go and have already started testimony for same witness.
Day 57Adv Segeels-Ncube“due to scheduling issues we need to reschedule her evidence so that we can start and finish it all in one go”
Day 69Ms Magula“she has already started”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-7507f16ae95f
Same speaker on same matter directly asserts it is an oversight, then that it is not oversight at all.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I said, Chair, that it is an oversight”
Day 69Adv Baloyi SC“So it is not oversight at all”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-a01ae6a3ec75
Claim A says cannot recall these events; Claim B explicitly remembers a specific action, contradicting recall claim.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I cannot recall these events”
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“at the shortlisting level, one thing I remember was to say let us re - advertise”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-8070978b3879
Same person on same candidate: one says shouldn't have shortlisted, other says not shortlisting would be a prejudice—directly opposed.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“we should not have even shortlisted”
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“it would have been a prejudice not to give him an opportunity to compete with other candidates”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-e12beb90398e
Claim A denies involvement; Claim B asserts being fully involved and guiding the process—cannot both be true of same matter.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I was not involved”
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“Indeed, Chair, I do get involved, Commissioners, and even in this instance, I was fully involved in the sense that I did guide them throughout the pro”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-95d02c523003
Claiming she never stopped pursuing the matter contradicts conceding she might not have taken any step on it.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I have never not continued pursuing this matter”
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I might not have taken a step on this matter”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-d245a6660f76
A concedes possibly no action taken; B asserts she pursued the matter—contradictory accounts of her own conduct on same matter.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I might not have taken a step on this matter”
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“beyond decisions that were made by the three of them, I still pursue this matter”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-47e50fdbea83
A says she discussed the matter with Mkhwanazi; B says she never had a discussion with Mkhwanazi on the process—same referent, same process.
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“While talking to Mkhwanazi, I also talked to the legal costs”
Day 69Ms Linda Gxasheka“I have never had a discussion with Mkhwanazi on this particular process”