accused 5

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.”

Advocate Baloyi questions IDAC's concern over SAPS including someone outside of Crime Intelligence environment in a panel advertised externally.

“Why is it your business as IDAC that SAPS has allowed Accused 5 to be part of a panel and it is advertising externally in this what you describe as a secret environment?”

The accused number 7 is a civilian employee, charged differently under PRECCA compared to accused 1 to 6 who are charged with contravening section (a) of PRECCA with related sections.

“...except for accused number 7, who is the employee, the civilian. But in respect of the others, accused 1 to 6, most of them, if not all, are accused of contravening the provisions of section (a) of PRECCA...”