The officer, who apparently told the woman to return to the Khayelitsha Police Station the following day, now faces disciplinary sction.
The man was held at the Khayelitsha Police Station for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death.
The truck was ambushed by three armed suspects while delivering meat in Makhaza earlier this week.
The state says the victim's body was found tied up at a construction site next to the suspect’s home.
Zenani Maxhobongwana (3) disappeared while playing outside his aunt’s house in Site C on Thursday.
The minister says issues of crime not unique to Khayelitsha have deliberately been used as political tactics.
The arrests are a result of police operations within the cluster focused on ridding the area of criminality.
The captain allegedly reported a bogus burglary in which he claimed his 9mm pistol and ammo was stolen.
The Commission has confirmed ineffective policing and a breakdown in relations between Saps and residents.
The probe into alleged police inefficiencies & a breakdown in relationships in is complete.
The comments were made by commission chairperson and former ConCourt justice Kate O'Regan.
The Khayelitsha Commission is concerned over an insufficient amount of police vehicles.
The commission found violent crime cases were not pursued due to incomplete probes.
The commission of inquiry into police inefficiencies will begin with police station visits today.
A task team report has been handed to the commission probing police effectiveness in Khayelitsha.
A tiff over the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry will be heard in the Constitutional Court next month.
The Khayelitsha commission holds the first of seven meetings looking into mob justice & police relations.
