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Former national police commissioner Riah Phiyega. (Oupa Nkosi)

Phiyega denies meeting alleged cartel boss Matlala as recordings expose Mchunu, Sibiya links

Former police commissioner Riah Phiyega has denied ever meeting alleged crime boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala after explosive recordings played before the Madlanga commission

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mchunu did not consult his two co-deputy police ministers on dissolving task team

Latest testimony at parliament’s police inquiry adds to the number of officials not consulted by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu before disbanding the political killing task team

Giving testimony: Brigadier Lesiba Mokoena of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks. Photo: X: Maggsnaidu

Hawks deny interference in Molefe’s arrest

But police officials tell commission about cases of interference

Katiso Molefe was arrested on 6 December 2024 — a month before the task team was disbanded by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. (Screenshot)

Hawks interfered in Molefe arrest, says political killings task team member

Witness describes a clash between a KwaZulu-Natal-based task unit and a Gauteng-based Hawks unit

Deputy police minister Cassel Mathale. (SAPS/Facebook)

Mchunu’s letter was ‘unusual’ and ‘problematic’, says police deputy minister Cassel Mathale

Latest testimony at parliament’s police inquiry adds to the number of officials not consulted by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu before disbanding the political killing task team

Former police minister Bheki Cele. (Paul Botes)

Cele: I would have avoided the Marikana massacre

Bheki Cele, who was police commissioner from 2009 until he was dismissed in 2011, criticised his successor Riah Phiyega’s handling of the 2012 tragedy