Mkhwanazi claims RBM has contacts in higher places

Mkhwanazi said it later emerged that RBM has contacts in higher places, as he received a phone call from Masemola, who informed him he had received a complaint from the Presidency.

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According to Mkhwanazi, Mase-mola told him that a plan must be drafted and sent to him, and he would make money available for the team.

Masemola’s intervention saw the specialised task force and the national intervention unit being sent to Richards Bay.

Mkhwanazi testified that the task force and the NIU were the fighting arms of the police and not investigators.

He said the instruction given to the team was to work at RBM and nowhere else, and they were there for the whole financial year.

“RBM had the privilege of getting an SA Police Service (SAPS) deployment only for them, which was funded from the national office,” Mkhwanazi said.