CLU

CLU was reporting to an Acting Director Machete, Deputy Chief of Police Mzolo, and former Chief of Police Isaac Mapiyeye; there was also Chief Mahlabe who resigned; a new team was handed over after disbandment of an old unit in 2019.

“CLU was reporting to a another inspector, superintendent, Acting Director Machete, who was my director at that time when I was a superintendent, Deputy Chief of Police, Mzolo, and the former Chief of Police, who is marked Isaac Mapiyeye. There was another Chief of Police, Chief Mahlabe, who has resigned. They only came back when the new Chief of Police, Isaac Mapiyeye, and Deputy Chief Mzolo handed over a new team after disbandment of an old unit in 2019”

Witness was promoted and not directly giving instructions to the unit; the unit reported to other commanders and the witness was strictly doing crowd management; some people came with grievances about CLU and were not employed by the city but wanted positions or full employment by the city.

“They only came back when the new Chief of Police, Isaac Mapiyeye, and Deputy Chief Mzolo handed over a new team after disbandment of an old unit in 2019. That is when I started giving instructions following the chain of command to the chief superintendent, superintendent inspectors. When it came back, I was now promoted to another level... I was strictly doing crowd management... there were people that came in with grievances that they worked with CLU and they were not employed by the city. Now they want to be given positions or they want to be employed fully by the city.”

Some members associated with CLU reported directly to headquarters with senior officers like Deputy Chief Revo Spies while the witness was operationally a superintendent and unaware of their activities.

“Sometimes they were reporting directly to headquarters where the deputy chief, Revo Spies, and other seniors were sitting. By that time, I was just a superintendent working operationally. I do not know what they were doing, what was happening there.”

Members of the unit reporting to the director in 2019 were registered and trained police officers, not non-officer community members.

“Members of the CLU that began reporting to you in 2019 were those police officers... They were registered police officers... trained police officers.”

CLUs were a group that had an agreement with the former Chief of Police to protect him, and they made promises that excluded the city itself.

“‘Kindly receive the response from our side from the so-called former SLU members. It is a group that had an agreement with the former chief to protect him. They had promises, which does not include the city.’”

The group within the community who joined CLU police officers were not employed by the city and operated operationally, directly reporting to the Chief of Police.

“‘This group that I am talking to in this letter, CLU membership has got community leaders that are CLU members, CLU community liaising officers or unit, they are metro police officers... There was this group that joined them in doing operational work. I am talking about that group that is not employed by the city.’”

The group that joined CLUs was mainly to protect the Chief of Police, starting with the previous chief.

“‘It started with the previous chief. It is a certain group within communities who joined CLU police officers, yes. And their job mainly was to protect the chief.’”

The former CLU members referred to are community members not employed by the City.

“the former CLU members referred to are in fact community members. They are not within the city. They are community members who then presented a memorandum which required a response”