Cedrick Nkabinde faces scrutiny over affidavit discrepancies in inquiry

PARLIAMENT’S Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by SAPS KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, came to a halt during the testimony of suspended Minister Senzo Mchunu’ chief of staff, Cedrick Nkabinde.

- THEOLIN TEMBO [e-mail]

The parliamentary inquiry is probing the explosive allegations made by Mkhwanazi at a press conference on July 6, months after Mchunu issued controversial directives, including the disbanding of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) to SAPS national commissioner Fannie Masemola on December 31, 2024.

Yesterday afternoon's proceedings came to a halt when Nkabinde's testimony was challenged by members of Parliament (MPs), pointing out contradictions between the evidence he submitted in his affidavit to the committee and the verbal testimony he was delivering.

Nkabinde had spent the morning testifying about how former police minister Bheki Cele had used his IPID whistleblower report to block the renewal of ex-IPID head Robert McBride's contract, as well as the relationship between Mchunu and information peddler Brown Mogotsi.