Deputy commissioner Mosikili testifies on Mchunu's unexpected PKTT shutdown

Deputy national commissioner Tebello Mosikili says Minister on suspension, Senzo Mchunu’s directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) was irregular.

Mosikile added that the task team should have been phased out slowly instead of an immediate dissolution, which could have led to fruitless expenditure.

Mosikili testified before the parliament ad hoc committee investigating police corruption on Tuesday that Mchunu's directive was one of many unlawful decisions that they had to deal with as police.

Mosikili is the latest senior police witness to criticise Mchunu’s decision to disband the PKTT.

She was asked by ANC Chief Whip and committee members, Mdu Msimeni, about how many unlawful instructions she had to deal with.

"How were you able to determine that this was essentially an unlawful instruction?"

Mosikili says the PKTT directive is an example of unlawful instruction, adding that it wasn’t taken procedurally.

"I don't think that it was taken through the proper chain of command, as I've indicated even in my statement. I think proper consideration should have been done."

She said there should have been proper consultation because each PKTT docket involves several players, from prosecutors to crime intelligence.

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