Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia has criticised the South African Police Service SAPS National Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, for issuing a directive for the return of 121 case dockets to the Political Killings Task Team.
Masemola revealed the decision during a media interview at the 27th INTERPOL African Regional Conference on Thursday 28 August.
This follows allegations by the KwaZulu-Natal KZN Provincial Commissioner, Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, that the Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, ordered the withdrawal of the dockets from the Task Team in March.