meeting31 March 2025E000259
In-person visit to Umhlali police station in ANC regalia
Minister Mchunu, accompanied by ANC officials and wearing ANC regalia, visited Umhlali police station to demand the arrest of Doeshiee Govender, using his ministerial authority to pressure station management for partisan electoral advantage.
14 claims from testimony
"on the 31st of March 2025, Minister Mchunu went to the police station of SAPS Umhlali"
"complaints he had received from them was that the police is doing nothing and they are under the control of Mr Doeshiee Govender, and that Mr Doeshiee Govender and his family get away with committing any kind of atrocity they feel like or crime"
"he wants the management to bring that docket and explain to him why Mr Doeshiee Govender has not been arrested"
"he will be returning to the police station in the afternoon at 15h00 hours"
"Minister says to the Station Commander, I am coming back at 3 o'clock, have your management ready, bring this docket, I am going to interview more people with complaints and I will want you to explain why you are doing nothing about these cases"
"the interaction was with the Lieutenant Colonel Naicker"
"I then found the Minister, Minister Mchunu with a few of the ANC officials in the office of the Station Commander"
"That includes the Minister, Chair"
"the Minister then starts to narrate that he went to different houses or community members and in particular, there were three different instances that he narrated complaints against the candidate that is standing for elections, Mr Doeshiee Govender"
"The Minister came specifically to enquire why the station management is not making or taking decisive action against Mr Doeshiee Govender and his family for criminal activities that they are committing in the area"
"on the 31st, post the campaign trail, the day after is when the Minister arrives at the police station"
"he never asked for it at that point"
"you know that he is coming, he is on the campaign trail"
"Yes."