{"id":91174,"date":"2025-10-07T18:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-police-chief-denies-political-motive-for-pktt-disbanding"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:35:53","slug":"kzn-police-chief-denies-political-motive-for-pktt-disbanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-police-chief-denies-political-motive-for-pktt-disbanding","title":{"rendered":"KZN Police Chief Denies Political Motive for PKTT Disbanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has dismissed suggestions that the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team was a lawful or purely political decision.<\/p>\n<p>Mkhwanazi maintains that the decision to disband the task team by Minister Senzo Mchunu was wrong and should not have been influenced by political machinations.<\/p>\n<p>READ: Ad Hoc committee resumes following lengthy adjournment over Mkhwanazi&#8217;s statement<\/p>\n<p>The KwaZulu-Natal top cop was giving evidence on the first day of the parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee\u2019s hearings into allegations of police corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi finally took to the hot seat after a lengthy delay due to issues surrounding his sworn statement that was presented to the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence leader Norman Arendse started his questioning by asking Mkhwanazi about his views on the Political Killings Task Team.<\/p>\n<p>Arendse presented a potential argument &#8220;It will be argued by some implicated that this was a political initiative, it was a task team established and appointed to perform a particular task from time to time, and the decision to disband it was a political decision, and it was entirely lawful for the decision to be taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mkhwanazi rejected the assertion, insisting that the matter cannot be considered political.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think the legislature cared as to which political party the member belongs to,&#8221; Mkhwanazi stated. &#8220;So, to put a statement and say it was a political decision, what if the Minister is not a politician? 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