Mchunu maintains substantive justification for the political killings task team disbandment [SOUND]

# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says his decision to disband the political killings task team was lawful and based on serious concerns raised by whistleblowers Mary de Haas and Patricia Mashale. He told Parliament’s ad hoc committee his letter to national police commissioner Fannie Masemola provided a summary of his 29 reasons for the disbandment. Mchunu admitted the tone of the letter could have been softer, but insisted the content was constitutional: