The Parliamentary Ad Hoc committee investigating allegations by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will on Tuesday start its oral hearings with Deputy Police Minister Dr Polly Boshielo as it wraps up oral hearings with the other Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale.

Parliament established the committee after Mkhwanazi claimed corruption, political interference and malfeasance within the South African Police Service.

The committee has until November 28 to complete its mandate.

Earlier this month, the committee also concluded its oral hearings with National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola.

Committee chairperson Molapi Lekganyane said the committee heard that Mathale had not been informed or consulted about the directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) prior to now-suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu issuing the note to that effect.

Mathale told the committee that he was concerned about the part specifying “immediately” with reference to the closure.

“He could not dispute the effectiveness of the task team; however, he supported the winding down of the PKTT to ensure police resources were evenly deployed to investigate serious crime like murder and robbery,” said Lekganyane.

The committee members also raised concerns that one year into Mchunu's tenure in the seventh administration, the two Deputy Ministers of Police had not been given delegated responsibilities.

Mathale explained that Mchunu was still learning the environment before assigning tasks and responsibilities to his deputies.

He also rejected earlier evidence that most officials in the ministry or department had engaged with or had contact with murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala or known criminals.

“[Mathale] indicated that he did not have any contact number for such individuals as he was deployed to a ministry whose mandate was to fight crime. It would therefore not be appropriate to engage on a social level with questionable individuals,” Lekganyane pointed out.

Tuesday saw Advocate Norman Arendse lead evidence on what Mathale would have said in his sworn statement to the committee.

The afternoon and evening were spent with committee members engaging on the evidence before it.