Referred to as: General Mawela · Provincial Commander · PC
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Chief Mashaba called General Mawela first when he was placed under arrest, not any other police officers because of harassment and bullying of General Khan.
“The first person you called was General Mawela, right? ... Because of the harassment and the bullying of Khan, General Khan.”
Chief Mashaba distrusted many senior officers because they had interests in the case but trusted General Mawela since the operation was in progress and there was no risk of sabotage or disturbance to the operation's success.
“You do not trust all these senior officers ... but I think because the operation is in progress ... there will be no disturbances or sabotage for this to be a success.”
After harassment by General Khan, Chief Mashaba called Provincial Commander General Mawela who chaired a meeting and was advised to talk to General Mthombeni; General Mthombeni said they were busy and advised speaking to Brigadier Shibiri.
“After the harassment of General Khan, I called PC, General Mawela, and PC said to me he is chairing a meeting, I must talk to General Mthombeni. After I spoke to General Mthombeni through PC's phone, General Mthombeni said, hey, we are busy, just talk to Brigadier Shibiri and maybe she will come and assist you guys there.”
General Mawela was the Provincial Commander in 2021 and General Mthombeni was Major General, second in command; after Mawela retired, Mthombeni took over as Provincial Commander.
“2021, General Mawela was the PC. General Mthombeni was the Major General, second in charge of. Ja, of Mawela. After Mawela went on retirement, General Mthombeni took over. He is now the PC.”
Chief Mashaba spoke to General Mawela who gave the phone to General Mthombeni; General Mthombeni told him to talk to Brigadier Shibiri who would come and check the situation but Brigadier Shibiri never arrived on the scene.
“I spoke to General Mawela. General Mawela gave, he said, I am chairing a meeting. He gave the phone to General Mthombeni. General Mthombeni said, what is the problem? I said, we are having a problem here, there is a general here, Khan, he is harassing us. He said, what is the problem? I said, we were following on information of drugs, of a truck carrying drugs. Well, he said to me, okay, let me, we are busy, let me give you Shibiri, talk to Shibiri, on one phone, General Mawela's phone. Then I spoke to Shibiri. Shibiri said, okay, where are you guys? I said, we are in Aeroton. Then they said, General Mthombeni said Shibiri will come there and check what is happening and assist where possible. I did not see him. He did not come.”
General Mthombeni stated he called Chief Mashaba with instructions from General Mawela related to the drug trafficking investigation.
“which you say that he states that indeed he did call Chief Mashaba with the instruction of General Mawela”
On the day of a drug-related incident at Aeroton, Samuel Tsiani Mashaba contacted General Mawela to inform him that General Khan was harassing them at the crime scene.
“on the day of the incident, he contacted General Mawela, informing him that General Khan was busy harassing them at Aeroton crime scene”
General Mawela could neither confirm nor deny receiving a call from Mashaba regarding the incident.
“he indicated that he cannot confirm nor deny receiving a call from Mashaba”
A Traffic Officer named Mashaba was involved in conducting a drug bust, which is questioned as not being part of his job description.
“it was our concern that why , especially with Mashaba as a Traffic Officer , but he told us that you normally get this kind of information ... and then you normally assist with this kind of operation .”