MPs challenge legal advisor's claim on Mkhwanazi's allegations
MPs took issue with a member of the parliamentary legal team for suggesting the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi were technically not evidence.
MPs on Tuesday raised their concerns when a parliamentary legal advisor suggested that KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations were technically not evidence.
This happened when the Ad Hoc Committee, which is mandated to investigate Mkhwanazi’s allegations, met for the first time to discuss some of its preparations, such as the terms of reference and getting prisoners testify as witnesses.
Responding to the questions, parliamentary legal advisor Andile Tetyana said there was a draft terms of reference that could be released in two or three days to MPs for comments.
Tetyana also said there was a lot of backroom legal technical support that should take place, and that witnesses would need to be identified.
“I am saying this with the greatest of respect. What General Mkhwanazi said on 6 July 2025 was not evidence in a technical sense. Of course, one would need a legal person to go around speaking to people, who will be able to corroborate what Lieutenant-General Mkhwanazi said. The committee can’t do that, and, of course, you need sworn statements from witnesses drafted and so on. That is the kind of work that will take place in the next two to three weeks,” he said.
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EFF leader Julius Malema questioned where the remark about Mkhwanazi said was not evidence came from.
“You can’t start by saying what General Mkhwanazi said is not evidence. That is very dismissive. Right at the beginning, we are starting on the wrong footing.
“Please, when people are asked, especially support staff, they must not enter the terrain. They must give us technical advice and leave the rest to us because we are not to leave here being part of a remark that says what Mkhwanazi said, not evidence,” Malema said.
MK Party’s MP David Skosana said he was a bit disturbed by the legal team’s remarks about Mkhwanazi's allegations.
“If they want to work with us, they should not tell us that what Mkhwanazi said is not evidence. This is disturbing. Why are we here? Are we here for gossiping? We are not here for that,” Skosana said.
“Mkhwanazi presented, and he attached evidence in that press statement,” he said before asking that the chief parliamentary legal advisor should attend their future meetings.
IFP MP Albert Mncwango said he was equally disturbed to hear that Mkhwanazi’s revelations were actually not evidence.
“I think that was actually defeating the purpose of this session,” Mncwango said.
aqhina@inl.co.za
MPs challenge legal advisor's claim on Mkhwanazi's allegations
MPs took issue with a member of the parliamentary legal team for suggesting the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi were technically not evidence.
MPs on Tuesday raised their concerns when a parliamentary legal advisor suggested that KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations were technically not evidence.
This happened when the Ad Hoc Committee, which is mandated to investigate Mkhwanazi’s allegations, met for the first time to discuss some of its preparations, such as the terms of reference and getting prisoners testify as witnesses.
Responding to the questions, parliamentary legal advisor Andile Tetyana said there was a draft terms of reference that could be released in two or three days to MPs for comments.
Tetyana also said there was a lot of backroom legal technical support that should take place, and that witnesses would need to be identified.
“I am saying this with the greatest of respect. What General Mkhwanazi said on 6 July 2025 was not evidence in a technical sense. Of course, one would need a legal person to go around speaking to people, who will be able to corroborate what Lieutenant-General Mkhwanazi said. The committee can’t do that, and, of course, you need sworn statements from witnesses drafted and so on. That is the kind of work that will take place in the next two to three weeks,” he said.
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EFF leader Julius Malema questioned where the remark about Mkhwanazi said was not evidence came from.
“You can’t start by saying what General Mkhwanazi said is not evidence. That is very dismissive. Right at the beginning, we are starting on the wrong footing.
“Please, when people are asked, especially support staff, they must not enter the terrain. They must give us technical advice and leave the rest to us because we are not to leave here being part of a remark that says what Mkhwanazi said, not evidence,” Malema said.
MK Party’s MP David Skosana said he was a bit disturbed by the legal team’s remarks about Mkhwanazi's allegations.
“If they want to work with us, they should not tell us that what Mkhwanazi said is not evidence. This is disturbing. Why are we here? Are we here for gossiping? We are not here for that,” Skosana said.
“Mkhwanazi presented, and he attached evidence in that press statement,” he said before asking that the chief parliamentary legal advisor should attend their future meetings.
IFP MP Albert Mncwango said he was equally disturbed to hear that Mkhwanazi’s revelations were actually not evidence.
“I think that was actually defeating the purpose of this session,” Mncwango said.
aqhina@inl.co.za
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