Top cop Mosikili tells Parly police inquiry that Nkabinde interfered in operations

Deputy national Police Commissioner Tebello Mosikili has told Parliament that minister on special leave Senzo Mchunu’s chief of staff, Cedric Nkabinde, interfered in operations.

She said she found it "problematic" how Nkabinde would sit in during meetings with senior police officials and even object to input from the police generals.

Mosikili was giving evidence before Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations of police corruption on Tuesday.

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Mosikili told the ad hoc committee that she didn’t support the disbanding of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).

She also told members of Parliament (MPs) that the decision to issue the directive to disband the PKTT was a form of undue political influence.

Mosikili also submitted that Mchunu’s chief of staff would insert himself in operational matters.

“That is what was problematic for me. With the previous chiefs of staff that I worked with, it never happened that the chief of staff would raise a view in the meeting other than taking notes or reminding the minister on issues he’s supposed to get from management.”

Mosikili also told the committee that she was surprised when she saw Mchunu’s directive.

She said the PKTT should’ve been phased out instead of dissolved immediately.