HEADLINE: MCHUNU UNDER PRESSURE: Ad Hoc Committee finds disbanding of PKTT could have aided cartel motives

Mpho Dube

Sep 9

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***Chairperson of Parliament’s Police Ad Hoc Committee Molapi Soviet Lekganyane during deliberations on the PKTT matter.***

By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief

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CAPE TOWN — Parliament’s Police Ad Hoc Committee has found that the decision to dissolve the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) could have aided the motives of organised crime cartels, in a major development in the investigation into alleged corruption in the criminal justice system.

According to a report by Eyewitness News (EWN) published on 8 September 2026 by Babalo Ndenze, members of the committee probing allegations made by KZN Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi also agree that evidence presented by Minister on special leave, Senzo Mchunu, contained material inconsistencies.

The committee met on Monday night to finalise its long-awaited draft report and agree on its findings. The draft report, which must be finalised by Friday, dealt specifically with evidence presented by Mchunu and his decision to issue a directive to disband the PKTT.

Committee Chairperson Molapi Soviet Lekganyane said while there are no direct findings against the so-called “Big Five” cartel, the decision to dissolve the task team had the potential to aid those with similar motives.

“I don’t want to say the Big Five because we did not make a finding about the Big Five, but I think there was one paragraph where we agreed that the dissolution could have aided the motives of such interests,” Lekganyane said.

The committee also found that the removal and movements of PKTT case dockets after the disbandment could have delayed cases and hampered ongoing investigations into political killings.

The ad hoc committee, which elected Molapi Soviet Lekganyane as its Chairperson on 5 August 2025, was established to investigate serious allegations made by Lieutenant-General Mkhwanazi about infiltration and corruption within the police and criminal justice system.

The committee will continue its deliberations on Tuesday evening as it works to finalise the draft report.

The findings place Mchunu’s directive under sharp scrutiny and have reignited debate about the future of specialised task teams and the fight against organised crime in South Africa.