After nine days of testimony at the Madlanga Commission into police corruption, it is becoming increasingly clear that sidelined Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has some difficult questions to answer.

Less than 24 hours after Police Minister Senzo Mchunu gave the order to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), on 31 December 2024, a civilian businessman from North West knew about it.

This was despite the fact that there does not appear to have been any public statement made about it at the time.

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One day later, businessman Brown Mogotsi was in possession of the letter signed by Mchunu ordering the disbanding. And even more curiously, he was also aware of accurate details around the fate of the ongoing investigations, which could only have come from the very top ranks of police.

“As we speak, they are bringing all the dockets to [deputy police commissioner Shadrack] Sibiya,” Mogotsi told alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi Matlala via WhatsApp.