Bursts of sarcasms, laughing at her own jokes and refusal to disclose names of sources of information she relied on to complain about the political killings task team.
These were the events that punctuated violence monitor and academic Prof Mary de Haass appearance before parliaments ad-hoc committee.
De Haas, who has been critical of the work of the political killings task team PKTT, was central to the decision that was made by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to disband the task team.