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Former SAPS employee Patricia Mashale.
Former SAPS employee Patricia Mashale has denied claims that she had influenced Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).
She appeared before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system.
Committee member, ANC MP Thokozile Sokanyile informed Mashale that two witnesses who testified before the committee suggested that she had a role in the decision to disband the PKTT.
Mashale says all she did was expose corruption within the SAPS since 2008.
“Minister never spoke to me and I never spoke to him. The person whom I spoke to in the minister’s office was Cedrick Nkabinde also not relating to the PKTT. I specifically mentioned the Sindiso Magaqa case when I spoke to Cedric Nkabinde. So, I fail to understand how can the fact that I have been exposing corruption in SAPS since 2008 now influences the minister to disband the PKTT.”
WATCH | Former SAPS employee Patricia Mashale says she did not influence Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). She says all she did was expose corruption within the South African Police Service since 2008. pic.twitter.com/CtCoH4IsKS
— SABC News (@SABCNews) February 3, 2026
