No picture yet. Upload one or paste an image URL.
Chief Mashaba explains SAPS officers have specific operational areas and he must relate information to the relevant SAPS member before acting in that area.
“I need to relate that to a Diepkloof member because that is his area of operation.”
An affidavit by Sergeant Ndlela was sworn before a Commissioner of Oaths at Diepkloof on 8 July 2025, but there is a discrepancy as to the official address of the Commissioner raising doubts about the proper administration of the oath.
“The juried records that the statement was sworn before Commissioner of Oaths at Diepkloof on the 8th of July, 2025 at 6h00. However, details appearing beneath the signature of oath reflect that the official's business address record as Headquarters 284 Pretoria Street, Pretoria, AAT. It therefore appears to indicate that it was sworn at Diepkloof while the Commissioner of Oaths details appeared to be documented at SAPS Headquarters in Pretoria. I do not know under what circumstances the affidavit was commissioned or whether the Commissioner of Oaths was physically present at the location stated in the...”