TSS

The accused (Accused 1) desired to ensure full control over the TSS (Tactical Support Section), dismissing the need for a Brigadier as Major General to chair the panel, showing a lack of confidence in experienced Colonels in Crime Intelligence.

“Accused 1, who did not need to chair posts for a Brigadier as a Major General, could have chaired the panel. Accused 1 had a desire to ensure full control over TSS, need to know of its operations. He clearly did not have any confidence in any of the vastly skilled and experienced Colonels of the Crime Intelligence, capture of the section TSS.”

Advocate Sello cites that TSS is a very secretive operations unit within SAPS whose operations are unknown to most members and that it would have been reasonable for Accused to choose Major Generals from Crime Intelligence to reduce compromising the secrecy of TSS.

“TS S is a very secretive operations unit. TSS working on operations methodology practice and capability unknown to the majority of members of SAPS. It would have been reasonable to expect Accused to have chosen Major Generals from CI to reduce compromising TSS and its operations.”