Mosikili Tells Parliament PKTT Disbandment Was “Confusing” and “Unexpected”
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CAPE TOWN Deputy Police Commissioner for Visible Policing, Tebello Mosikili, has described the sudden disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) as both unexpected and perplexing.
Testifying before Parliament’s SAPS Ad Hoc Committee on Tuesday, Mosikili said the directive issued by suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu left her deeply unsettled.
According to Mosikili, the instruction to dissolve the PKTT dated 31 December 2024 came as a shock. She recalled interacting with the minister just three days earlier at the funeral of a South African Police Service official in KwaZulu-Natal, where no mention of such a decision was made.
Mosikili said she only became aware of the directive on 2 January 2025, upon returning to Gauteng after overseeing festive-season operational deployments in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
“I became confused. I was also surprised, and I questioned the authenticity of the directive as I could not believe the content especially the tone of the letter. For me, it was unexpected,” she told MPs.
Given the seriousness of the instruction and its potential organisational impact, Mosikili said she immediately contacted National Commissioner Fannie Masemola, who was on leave at the time, to seek clarity and verify the decision.
Mosikili further told the committee that, in her view, the timing of the PKTT’s dissolution was concerning and “premature,” particularly given the ongoing challenges in politically motivated violence.
She emphasised that specialised task teams remain an essential policing tool.
“Task teams will remain a necessary tool, in my view. They are established because of the challenges faced by provinces or business units. I do not see why, so soon, we would completely do away with a task team,” she said.
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