{"id":96515,"date":"2026-03-18T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:06:55","slug":"president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry","title":{"rendered":"President Rebukes Minister Mchunu in Police Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his &#8220;dissatisfaction&#8221; with Minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) without prior consultation.<\/p>\n<p>In a written submission to the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of police corruption, the President directly addressed the controversial directive issued by Mchunu, who is currently on special leave.<\/p>\n<p>The submission contradicts previous testimony provided by Mchunu last year, in which the Minister claimed he had informed the President of the decision and received his support.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ramaphosa maintains that during a meeting in February last year, he explicitly conveyed his displeasure at not being consulted before the decision was taken.<\/p>\n<p>The President further informed the Minister that he expected to be kept abreast of any further developments impacting investigations into political killings.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa also clarified his view on the legal authority surrounding the task team, stating that the decision to disband the PKTT should have remained with National Commissioner Fannie Masemola.<\/p>\n<p>According to the President, such a move falls within the Commissioner&#8217;s specific administrative powers rather than the Minister&#8217;s. While the President did not provide Masemola with a direct update on the matter, he noted his understanding that the National Commissioner had disagreed with Mchunu\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n<p>The Ad Hoc Committee, which is currently probing the legality of the disbandment and broader police corruption, previously agreed that the President would not be required to appear in person.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, this written submission serves as his formal account of the events. Ramaphosa concluded by stating that he has provided all information at his disposal to the committee to assist in their ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his &#8220;dissatisfaction&#8221; with Minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) without prior consultation. In a written submission to the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of police corruption, the President directly addressed the controversial directive issued by Mchunu, who is currently on special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":96514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-96515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Rebukes Minister Mchunu in Police Inquiry - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his &quot;dissatisfaction&quot; with Minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s decision to disband the Polit ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Rebukes Minister Mchunu in Police Inquiry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his &quot;dissatisfaction&quot; with Minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s decision to disband the Polit ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T19:00:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T19:06:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/sm_1773847999.242202.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"President Rebukes Minister Mchunu in Police Inquiry\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-18T19:00:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T19:06:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/sm_1773847999.242202.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/president-rebukes-minister-mchunu-in-police-inquiry\",\"name\":\"President Rebukes Minister Mchunu in Police Inquiry - 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