US EditionMchunu’s PKTT directive created ‘institutional uncertainty’ after failing to consult
Deputy Police Minister Mathale criticized the unilateral disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team by suspended Minister Mchunu, citing lack of consultation and institutional uncertainty within SAPS.
- On Tuesday, Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale appeared before the parliamentary ad hoc committee to testify, focusing on the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team .
- Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu's directive on 31 December 2024 disbanded the PKTT and imposed a moratorium on Crime Intelligence Division appointments, creating institutional uncertainty.
- Lt General Peter Jacobs' transfer created a leadership gap as the national commissioner was tasked with winding down PKTT activities and Lt General Dumisani Khumalo was relieved to focus on rebuilding Crime Intelligence.
- Mchunu said the PKTT disbandment and Lt General Dumisani Khumalo's arrest sparked factional wars and Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's 6 July press conference, but Cassel Mathale said he was unaware of factionalism.
- Mathale said the PKTT's rationale was sound and its work important, urging the task team to finish its mandate while acknowledging he could not answer technical questions about the disbandment.
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South Africa: PKTT Disbandment 'Surprised' Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale
When Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale appeared before Parliament in the ongoing police inquiry, an MP said he was 'sliding like a hot knife through butter' over his inability to answer pointed questions.
Mchunu’s letter was ‘unusual’ and ‘problematic’, says police deputy minister Cassel Mathale – The Mail & Guardian
Deputy police minister Cassel Mathale’s testimony at parliament’s police ad hoc committee added to the number of government officials who were not consulted before suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu disbanded the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team. Mathale said Mchunu’s December 2024 directive to “immediately” disband the task team and submit a closure report within a month, as ordered in the letter, was “not practical”, “unusual”…
Cassel Mathale throws Senzo Mchunu under the bus: 'I was stunned when he signed letter'
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is presently on special leave, has come under fire from Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale for ordering the dissolution of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Mathale distanced himself from Mchunu’s decision during his Tuesday appearance before the parliamentary ad hoc committee, stating that the minister ought not to have handled the disbandment in such a manner. Mchunu gave the order on December 31 …
Deputy Police Minister questions move to disband PKTT - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale says he does not understand the rationale behind the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team. Mathale has been testifying at the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. The allegations were made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, during a media briefing in July. Mathale was being questione…
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