Suspended Police Minister Mchunu testimony extended

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- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

SUSPENDED Police Minister Senzo Mchunu at the parliamentary inquiry into allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system.

(ZWELETHEMBA KOSTILE Parliament of RSA)

THE testimony of suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been extended by a day until Wednesday to afford more time to facilitate lead evidence from Chief Evidence Leader, Advocate Norman Arendse, SC.

This is also to facilitate the playing of a recording in which KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi allegedly threatened Mchunu, should he proceed with disbanding the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).

Mchunu’s legal team made available the recording before the start of the hearing on Friday, but the part wherein Mkhwanazi allegedly makes “fight back” threats could not be found, other than references in the conversation between him and Mchunu’s chief of staff, Cedrick Nkabinde.

The inquiry is probing the allegations made by Mkhwanazi at the explosive media briefing on July 6, when he made allegations of infiltration of the criminal justice system by criminal syndicates and accused Mchunu of political interference in police operations.

Ad Hoc Committee Chairperson, Soviet Lekganyane, said they would look at how to deal with the recording when they resume on Tuesday.