Africa-Press – South-Africa. Police minister on leave, Senzo Mchunu, says he asked for conversations between his chief of staff and KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to be recorded because he felt threatened.
He told Parliament that his chief of staff, Cedric Nkabinde, recorded Mkhwanazi because the KZN top cop had reacted angrily during discussions on the disbanding of the political killings task team.
Mchunu wrapped up the second day of his testimony on Friday before the ad hoc committee investigating police corruption.
Mchunu spent the last two days before the parliamentary inquiry defending his directive to disband the political killings task team.
Mchunu also submitted an audio recording of a conversation between Nkabinde and Mkhwanazi, where the two were discussing the directive.
He said that he asked for this recording because he felt threatened by Mkhwanazi, who had reacted angrily.
“We don’t record people. I’m not aware of anybody in my office who has ever recorded a person. But in this instance, it’s me who advised the chief of staff to say you may need to record you conversations with General Mkhwanazi because of the threats, because he kept on saying General Mkhwanazi is angry.”
Mchunu also told the committee that his decision to disband the task team was discussed with President Cyril Ramaphosa who, according to the minister, agreed with the decision.
Mchunu will continue his testimony on Tuesday.
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