Parliament’s Police Ad Hoc Committee has found that dissolving the Political Killings Task Team may have served the interests of organised crime cartels. The committee, which is investigating corruption allegations in the criminal justice system, also said that minister on special leave Senzo Mchunu gave evidence with material inconsistencies.
In a related court matter, the inquest into Anele Tembe’s death has heard that her boyfriend, rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, made a panicked call to hotel staff moments before she fell from a Cape Town hotel. A Pepperclub Hotel employee testified that Forbes sounded desperate and said someone was on the balcony and wanted to jump.
Former Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is set to continue her testimony in her corruption trial on Tuesday. She took the stand on Monday after the court dismissed her application for discharge and is expected to give more details about her relationship with her accuser.
A manhunt is underway in the North West after an inmate escaped from the Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre. Edward Khomotso Madiba cut through burglar bars in his single cell and fled on Monday.
In the Johannesburg High Court, the defence in the trial of alleged crime figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and four others has accused police of unlawful conduct during the arrest and detention of one of the accused. A state witness who was held with Musa Kekana claimed police covered his eyes for four hours.
