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

The inquiry heard this happened when the team closed in on syndicates tied to murder suspects

The national police commissioner concluded his testimony on Tuesday linking murder suspects Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala to the police minister

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

Masemola told the Madlanga commission the disbandment process was ‘by design’ and had begun while he was on leave