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Assistant Director Maposho confirmed he asked Warrant Officer Morris and Captain Nortje for statements during the investigation but did not speak to the analyst or Modise.
“Yes, I have, Commissioner. When I requested his statement, yes I did. ... I have when I obtained his statement, Commissioner. ... No, I did not speak to the analyst, Commissioner.”
LT-Col Sebola compiled a report with the assistance of an analyst who performed the analysis, but the analyst is the primary preparer of the report.
“the analyst is assisting me . I am not assisting the analyst .”
Colonel Jacob states that hand-picking an analyst is not allowed because it allows investigators to unduly influence the analyst.
“if you hand pick the Analyst, it means, and they said we do not allow that, because then it means investigators can unduly influence the Analyst”
The process of gathering evidence or intelligence starts with identifying threats via crime statistics, conducting a threat analysis, gathering information from sources, and then planning, directing and conducting operations, followed by analysis, production, dissemination, action and feedback.
“Basically, we will be going back to our intelligence collection process where we sit, we look at the crime statistics, and we identify the threats that are a problem... we then task our sources on the ground to look into the threats... From there, you start gathering information with regards to the threats... you evaluate the information... you analyse it... you hand it to the analyst to analyse it... and then from there, you will know exactly what you are dealing with, which is the interpretation... and then from there, it is production... From there, you disseminate it... it is action which means you operationalise it... Once you have operationalised it, you get feedback from the operational team... and then from there, you close your investigation.”
Lt-Col Sebola kept in contact with Colonel Jacobs, who took over SANEB, but they did not engage extensively; he only contacted an analyst to check communications between Mashaba and Jolene or others in that company.
“I kept in contact with Colonel Jacobs... with him we did not engage, but I was only contacting the analyst to say... if maybe you have tracks of any communication between Mashaba and Jolene or somebody there.”