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Minister Receives Complaints about PKTT from De Haas and Mashale
Minister Mchunu received letters from Mary de Haas (31 October 2024) and Patricia Mashale alleging human rights abuses and governance failures by the PKTT.
Described by 3 witnesses
Senzo Mchunu (Minister of Police 2024 to 13 day 44, day 45Advocate Johnsonday 149Mansha Raphesuday 152
Each of these people gave first-hand evidence about this event. Several accounts of the same event is a property of the record — it is not verification, and witnesses can be mistaken together.
17 claims from testimony
"I continued to receive and I continued to read , but I never actually sat down to deal with the matters that she was raising"
"Ms de Haas, on the 31st of October 2024, wrote a letter specifically to you, the Honourable Minister of Police, Mr Senzo Mchunu"
"I take it you confirm receiving this document because you are the one providing it to the Commission"
"Yes"
"instruct the National Commissioner SAPS to immediately disband the irregularly constituted, unnecessary, and wasteful Political Killings Task Team and send its investigators back to the detective units established provincially and nationally in terms of the SAPS Legislation"
"Amongst the information, it was alleged that secret service funds were used to purchase resources for the Political Killings Task Team based in KwaZulu - Natal Province. This task team was previously led by the current Divisional Commission of Crime Intelligence Lieutenant Khumalo, who has close ties with the former Minister of Police, Mr BH Cele."
"secret service funds were used to purchase resources for the Political Killings Task Team"
"the use of Secret Service funds to purchase resources for the PKTT"
"Is it part of Adams' complaint that there was apparently a motor vehicle that was procured unlawfully through the PKTT funds, which is privately used by alleged former Minister Cele?"
"Not about a vehicle for the previous Minister, no."
"Mr Adams indicates that amongst the information he had received in October 24, it was alleged that Secret Service funds were used to purchase resources for PKTT"
"the document was talking mainly about a complaint about the Political Killings Task Team"
"it was a complaint about the accommodation of the PKTT"
"there was an issue about the laundry and the costs of how the laundry for the members of PKTT was costing"
"I think it was something like about between 400 and 500,000"
"those vehicles were bought for the PKTT"
"he was portrayed as a victim of the PKTT team"