Madlanga Commission to hear testimony on 121 dockets handed over by PKTT to national police headquarters

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is set to hear testimony on the 121 dockets that were handed over by the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) to national police headquarters in Pretoria when proceedings resume on Monday.

The alleged irregular transfer of the dockets was one of the key concerns raised by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during his explosive 6 July briefing.

Mkhwanazi claims the dockets were taken away from the PKTT and were “collecting dust” in the office of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya.

Sibiya has refuted Mkhwanazi’s claims, stating he was only acting on instructions for the dockets to be handed over to his office.

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While the commission has not yet identified who the next witness is, it’s understood that the topic relates to the 121 dockets.

The dockets were taken away from the PKTT, following a contentious instruction for the task team to be disbanded.

Mkhwanazi accused Sibiya of having a vested interest in protecting those implicated in the dockets after they were transferred to his Pretoria office.

During his appearance before Parliament’s ad hoc committee, Sibiya stated he instructed the dockets be transferred to his office following the directive by National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola.

In August, Masemola confirmed that the dockets, 107 of which relate to cases of murder, had been handed back to the PKTT to continue their investigations.

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