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Investigators do not independently choose their projects; project assignments and team composition decisions are made by management including chiefs, DPPs, and the Head of office, Mr Sesoko.

“the investigators do not have a say or they do not choose which project they belong to. So what will actually happen is the, let me just call them management, the upper level where chiefs, DPPs, and the Head of office, and Mr Sesoko sits. They are the ones that decide who belongs where, who is going to work where”

Mr. Ramsamy distanced himself from the section 28's documents because he had advised Mr. Raphesu who had received instructions from the Head of office, and felt explicating the section 28's in court would be difficult.

“I advised Mr Raphesu, he has received his instructions from the ID. I had addressed his concerns. He had received instructions from the Head of office and I then distanced myself from these 28's because how were you going to explain this at court and who was going to explain it at”

Complaints to IDAC come in by affidavit under section 27 of the NPA Act and are reviewed by the Case Intake Committee to determine if they fall within IDAC's mandate, followed by investigation under section 28 if sufficient information exists.

“Section 27 deals with the reporting of matters to the Investigating Director...A complaint that is referred in terms of section 27 comes to the Head of Office, the Investigating Director, then to the Case Intake Committee who decide if it falls within mandate...If sufficient information on referral, a full-blown investigation can be conducted in terms of section 28”

The Head of Office of IDAC constitutes the Case Intake Committee, and the committee exists on an ongoing basis as needed, not fixed or ad hoc.

“But I know it would be the Head of Office that would constitute such a committee because it stops with the Head of Office ... I think it is something that is ongoing when the need arises or whatever matters come in”

IDAC management hierarchy consists of the Head of Office, Deputy Directors of Public Prosecutions, and chief investigators; below them are senior and junior state advocates and investigators, with Col. Padayachee at the third tier.

“You have the Head of Office. Then you have the Deputy Directors of Public Prosecutions. And then you have your chief criminal investigators, chief financial investigators, and your chiefs and the others... Below that you have your senior state advocates... So that is where I fit on that level ... third tier”

Section 27 complaints are not entered in the docket but are handled at management level within IDAC, involving the Head of Office, physical interviews, and referral.

“That section 27 is the complaint . It is there with the Head of Office . We go and physically interview . He has made , referred this complaint .”

Management, specifically the head of office together with her management team, makes the decision to investigate the allegations and authorizes the investigation which is then carried out by officers on the ground.

“Management would be the head of the office and her management on that level, like your committee or your management which … but it is the head of office together with her management that make the decisions.”