‘This is not football’ — Mkhwanazi rejects claims Cele backed Political Killings Task Team

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lt-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, has dismissed any suggestion that former Police Minister Bheki Cele was a “supporter” of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).

“I wouldn’t say he was a supporter. This is no football team. This is the police work,'' he said.

Mkhwanazi was testifying before Parliament’s ad hoc committee on Tuesday.

Responding to a question from Chief Evidence Leader, Advocate Norman Arendse SC, about whether Cele supported the work of the PKTT during his tenure, Mkhwanazi said: “The Minister of Police, together with other Ministers that were assigned by the President, they were quite satisfied with the work that he was doing. I wouldn’t say he was a supporter.

By Hope Ntanzi

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