disbandmentDecember 2024E000010
PKTT disbandment directive
The Minister of Police directed disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team in late 2024. General Masemola refused immediate compliance and proposed a phased wind-down; the dispute continued into early 2025.
16 claims from testimony
"we have proposed that the following steps be taken to wind down the PKTT"
"No new dockets would be taken by or allocated to the PKTT"
"you had basically accepted that the PKTT be disbanded"
"I had to end up saying, well, if we do it your way, I do not accept, but let us rather do it my way."
"you had actually relented and accepted that the PKTT should be disbanded"
"you say it must be wound down, but it must be wound down in a phased manner"
"that is what I end up proposing to the Minister that yes, maybe this is the way to go"
"which was still not accepted"
"we were directed not to fill working post"
"which I was against"
"I do not want this immediate disbandment of now"
"one adopted the approach that we do not wind down, the team must proceed"
"a focal point of contention between me and the newly appointed Minister of Police"
"This tension was eased quickly"
"I advised the Minister that the decision to return the dockets was taken"
"this resolved the impasse"