Referred to as: General Gerber · Major General Gerber
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Major General Gerber did not investigate General Khan; his report focused solely on the conduct of DPCI officers, disproving Witness I's statement that Gerber concluded Generals Khan and Kadwa were doing their job.
“the Commission has received evidence that Major General Gerber was not investigating General Khan. That report looked into the conduct of just the DPCI officers. So that is also untrue.”
A departmental investigation by Major General Gerber concluded that Generals Khan and Kadwa were doing their job, which the witness did not find comforting.
“Major General Gerber concluded that Generals Khan and Kadwa were doing their job. General Gerber interviewed me at DPCI Head Office in Silverton. I did not find this comforting.”
Major General Gerber's report found no evidence indicating wrongdoing by DPCI members including Lieutenant Colonel Sebola, who acted bona fide within the scope and mandate of the DPCI.
“General Gerber found...no evidence indicating wrongdoing on the part of the DPCI members, including yourself... On the contrary, they acted bona fide within the scope and mandate of the DPCI.”
General Gerber wrongly used the term alibi in his report.
“So it is the person who wrote this that used alibi wrongly, it seems ... General Gerber”
In 2024, after an IPID investigation into the matter, the IPID case was dismissed by the DPP with no charges against members including Colonel Steyn, but a departmental investigation into DPCI members was requested and conducted by Major General Gerber, which concluded members acted correctly and no departmental steps were taken.
“During the course of 2024, after an IPID investigation ... the IPID case was dismissed by the DPP ... But the IPID requested a departmental investigation ... Major General Gerber was appointed ... After his investigations ... no departmental steps will be taken”
Major General Gerber was the Provincial Head of the DPCI in Mpumalanga at the time and conducted the investigation, interviewing Colonel Steyn telephonically and obtaining a statement.
“Major General Gerber ... was the Provincial Head of the DPCI in Mpumalanga ... He did telephonically interview me and I tendered a statement”
Major General Gerber exonerated the four Hawks members he investigated.
“Ultimately he exonerated the four that he investigated, the four Hawks members”
Major General Gerber's report finds no evidence against four suspects but highlights fundamental administrative errors made by investigators.
“Major General Gerber's report . . . he says he does not find evidence against the four, but then he says the following. He says ... 'There were fundamental administrative errors made by the investigators assigned to the team'”