Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has challenged a draft report prepared by the evidence leaders of parliament’s ad hoc committee, arguing that it contains findings that pre-empt the committee’s work and prejudice his rights.
Parliament’s legal adviser, Andile Tetyana, confirmed that Mchunu’s legal team had written to the committee to object to the contents of the evidentiary overview prepared by the evidence leaders.
“At the heart of his correspondence is an allegation that, in presenting their evidentiary overview, the evidence leaders have pre-empted this process by making findings across the entire scope of the terms of reference,” Tetyana told the committee.
In their evidentiary overview, the evidence leaders concluded that Mchunu acted outside constitutional and legal boundaries by issuing a directive in December 2024 to disband the political killings task team without consulting the president, the national police commissioner, the National Prosecuting Authority or the State Security Agency.
