Phahlane testifies on his removal as SAPS commissioner

FORMER acting SAPS national commissioner Khomotso Phahlane yesterday told the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi about the circumstances of his removal from the position as well as his suspension.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

FORMER acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane.

(PHANDO JIKELO RSA Parliament)

Giving evidence on the resumption of the public hearings after the December recess, Phahlane said he was in Pretoria in June 2017 when he received a call from the office of former police minister Fikile Mbalula.

"I was asked to travel to Cape Town for a meeting with the minister," he said.

Phahlane also said he travelled to Cape Town and waited for more than three hours to meet Mbalula amid media reports involving an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate into him.