Acting Director-General of the Justice Department, Adv Kalayvani Pillay, appeared before the TRC Cases Inquiry, chaired by retired Justice Sisi Khampepe, at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown.
The Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into alleged interference with matters of the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) has this week heard testimony from various current and former ministers and other officials, including former acting national police commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane, who appeared before the commission on Thursday.
Phahlane, who served as acting police head from October 15, 2015, to June 1, 2017, clarified his role as the top cop, telling the TRC Cases Inquiry that in all his positions with the State, he never handled the prosecution of TRC matters or any of the inquests arising from TRC matters during his tenure.
Phahlane asserted: "None of the positions I occupied in SAPS required my direct involvement in the investigations of TRC cases or to exercise oversight."
His testimony was followed by Advocate Kalayvani Pillay, the current acting Director-General (DG) of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.
