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Divisional Commissioner for Detective and Forensic Services Hilda Senthumule.
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, has furnished the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry with recordings of a conversation between him and Divisional Commissioner for Detective and Forensic Services, Lieutenant-General Hilda Senthumule.
General Sibiya says he recorded the conversations to avoid allegations of intimidation arising from the call.
Sibiya, who has been giving testimony before the commission in Pretoria for the second consecutive day, prefaced the playing of the recording.
“On numerous occasions, during telephonic conversations between General Senthumule and me, she was openly critical of the PKTT [Political Killings Task Team]. Especially, I recall a particular phone conversation in which General Senthumule expressed the view that the PKTT- was untouchable, and alleged that in her opinion, the task team was being used to siphon the budget allocated to it. She further indicated that she did not believe that the PKTT was genuinely engaged in effective policing or delivering meaningful investigative outcomes,” explains Sibiya.
He has also addressed the issue of the white BMW seen parked at the home of suspected underworld kingpin Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe in November 2024.
It’s the same vehicle that ‘witness F’, who works under Sibiya, used to collect a white paper bag from Molefe’s house.
Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo’s testimony had suggested that the BMW was assigned to Sibiya’s office.
But Sibiya denied this, saying the vehicle was only assigned to his office in August last year.
“So, after the chair said to General Khumalo, I’ve gone through your statement, and I came across no evidence. He [Khumalo] booked sick leave. When he comes back, then he introduces this part, and the part of [kidnapped] Jerry Boshoga.”
“Now, this part to link the BMW as the one they gave to the protectors … as they are new. They didn’t even know about the BMW. I didn’t even know that they were sitting with CCTV,” explains Sibiya.
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