Crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga commission that text messages from cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala exposed links to ANC politics and police interference.

He said organised crime thrived through police infiltration and political interference behind the disbandment of the political killings task team

The national police commissioner said the political killings task team is still in operation with no clarity on its disbandment

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony would deal with political interference by parliamentarians and the national executive

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said the order to disband the team was irrational and irregular

Violence monitor Mary de Haas months ago called for an investigation into the allegedly exorbitant spending on and by the team