Suspended Deputy Police Commissioner Defends Actions on Political Killing Dockets at Madlanga Commission

At the ongoing Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into criminality and political interference in South Africa’s criminal justice system, Commissioner Sesi Baloyi questioned suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya regarding his handling of the 121 Political Killing Task Team (PKTT) dockets. Baloyi challenged Sibiya on the SS9 communication document that he cited in administrative procedures, noting that it contained no written instruction to implement the deactivation of the PKTT dockets. […]