K78 roadblocks

On 9 July 2021 at 10:34, Director Pompi phoned Chief Mashaba, Acting Deputy Director in the Southern Corridor, to join a visit to all the K78 roadblocks to give support to officers, indicating an urgent matter he was attending to though he did not disclose details.

“On the 9th of July 2021 at 10:34 I phoned Mashaba as the Acting Deputy Director in the Southern Corridor to join my visit to all the K78 roadblock in our area to give support to our officers. He indicated to me that he has an urgent matter that he is attending to, but he did not mention the matter. I respected what he told me due to the nature of his meetings and operations...”

Chief Mashaba did not tell Director Pompi at 10:34 on 9 July 2021 about the massive drug bust he had just made and chose not to mention it during the call to join the visit to K78 roadblocks, despite it being a significant operational event.

“Why did not you at 10:34 when you received the call from the Director to join, that is, do you dispute that when the call was made it was to join you to visit the matter at the K78 roadblock?... This is not even you calling Director Pompi. Director Pompi is calling you to ask you to join on the road block... Why do not you mention it then? ... You have just made a significant drug bust, 700 kilograms. You do not see that when your boss calls you out to join on a roadblock that you say, listen, I have done something bigger here?”