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Leak of disbandment letter to media

The 31 December directive to disband PKTT was leaked to the media, first circulating internally on 1 January and becoming public on 2 January 2025.

4 claimsMinisterial interference in police operations
Described by 3 witnesses
Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanaziday 3Sehlahle Fannie Masemoladay 5Lt Gen Samuel Dumisani Khumaloday 26
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.
4 claims from testimony
Day 3 · 19 September 2025
"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
Day 5 · 23 September 2025
"This document, for good or bad, it was leaked that time."
leaked statusAnnexure MK9 — disestablishment letter signed by Minister Mchunu, dated 31 December 2024Lieutenant General MasemolaCL0005074
Day 26 · 5 November 2025
"The letter, we see it circulating on the social media, I think from the afternoon of the 1st"
circulation dateMinister Mchunu's letter of 31 December 2024Lieutenant General KhumaloCL0018970
"from the 1st, when this letter was trending"
trending start dateMinister Mchunu's letter of 31 December 2024General KhumaloCL0019595