How Hawks 'tried' in vain to halt arrest of murder accused 'KT' Molefe

NATIONAL head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) Godfrey Lebeya allegedly sent a team of officers to the home of controversial businessman and murder-accused Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe to establish whether the operation leading to his arrest was legal.

- GCWALISILE KHANYILE [e-mail]

A helicopter belonging to the Gauteng Traffic Police, transporting DPCI members also known as Hawks, hovered over Molefe’s home for about 10 minutes during his arrest, not to help detectives working on the case, but to stop ‘a bogus operation.

At that time, the first team of Hawks members was already at Molefe’s gate, where the arrest was being effected by teams from the Organised Crime and Tactical Response units, monitored by the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).

Testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, Witness A, a detective with the Organised Crime Unit of the SAPS in Gauteng, said one Captain Kruger, who spoke for the team, said they had been sent by the national head of the Hawks. At that time, the now-retired Lebeya was at the helm of the unit.