Gauteng’s political killings task team to be launched in next 4 weeks: Masemola

JOHANNESBURG - National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said Gauteng’s political killings task team will be launched in the next four weeks.

Masemola made the announcement on Thursday after saying the KwaZulu-Natal task team will resume its investigation into 121 dockets that were snatched from the unit allegedly by crime detection boss Shadrack Sibiya.

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He said the team in Gauteng would be comprised of police officers from across the country.

"We have seen in KwaZulu-Natal, normally, the locals don’t work for us. It’s best if you choose a team from the rest of the country to go and do specific investigations. 

"Not that there are no locals, there are, but very few, but for such a team to be successful, it needs to be integrated with members coming from the whole country."