South African Police Service (SAPS) Deputy National Commissioner Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, is appearing again before an Ad Hoc Committee of Parliament on Tuesday.
Mosikili’s appearance forms part of an ongoing inquiry into allegations of political interference in the justice system that were by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) top cop Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in July last year.
Other reasons for her appearance is the decision to disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).
Mosikili is testifying because she served as the Acting National Commissioner for a period when SAPS Commissioner General Fannie Masemola was on leave, during which time a directive from the suspended Minister Senzo Mchunu was brought to her attention on or after December 31, 2024.
During the media briefing, Mkhwanazi alleged that suspended Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya took control of 121 case dockets linked to political killings without proper authorisation.
“This was done without the instructions of the national commissioner, nor I, as the provincial commissioner. These dockets have, since March, been sitting at the head office, without work being done on them.
“Five of these dockets had already instructions to arrest perpetrators, but nothing has been done because a lieutenant general, Sibiya, executing the instructions of the minister, withdrew all these dockets and is sitting in his office in Pretoria. God knows why,” he said.