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Disbandment Letter Leaked and Goes Public

The disbandment letter was leaked on social media on 1 January 2025 and made public on 2 January 2025.

Described by 4 witnesses
Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanaziday 3Adv Elaine Harrison (Director of Public Prosday 7Lt Gen Samuel Dumisani Khumaloday 26Adv Thabang Pooeday 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.
5 claims from testimony
"this letter went out to the public first on the 2 n d of January"
went public dateAnnexure MK9 — disestablishment letter signed by Minister Mchunu, dated 31 December 2024Lt Gen MkhwanaziCL0002745
"It was floating on social media from about the 3rd of January."
disbandment awareness dateNational Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN (2024/2025 request)Adv HarrisonCL0005659
"On 3 January 2025, Mr Rafadi shares a screenshot from social media about the disbandment of the PKTT"
sharedCalvin RafadiAdv Hassim SCCL0008571
"from the 1st, when this letter was trending"
trending start dateMinister Mchunu's letter of 31 December 2024General KhumaloCL0019595
"that would have been the disbandment letter"
containsAdv PooeCL0165879