CIMAC

Mashaba was based in Sedibeng, Vereeniging, and Joseph Magane was at CIMAC, Crime Information Analysis Centre in Sonkizizwe - their involvement in a drug bust in Johannesburg appears incongruous given their official roles.

“Director Mashaba ... he is based in Sedibeng, in Vereeniging... In the case of Magane, it says he is in the CIMAC, Crime Information Analysis Centre, in Sonkizizwe... If you are a traffic director in Vereeniging or you are a crime analyst in Sonkizizwe, what are you doing in a drug bust? Because those two jobs have nothing to do at all with being involved in a drug bust”

Magane is a CIMAC officer at the police station and not a Crime Intelligence Officer, so it is incorrect for him to refer to himself as such.

“So he is not a Crime Intelligence Officer? No, he is not.”

Warrant Officer Phakula acknowledges that Warrant Officer Magane works in CIMAC, which is a department within Crime Intelligence, justifying his earlier statement that Magane is from Crime Intelligence.

“CIMAC is another department in Crime Intelligence. So that is why I said he is from Crime Intelligence.”

Warrant Officer Phakula denied that Crime Intelligence requested his assistance, stating it was a misunderstanding regarding CIMAC.

“No, I would disagree with Commissioner.”

Adv Khumalo accused Warrant Officer Phakula of falsely stating that Crime Intelligence requested his assistance, which Phakula denied knowing about until the arrest.

“And that is not true. Crime Intelligence did not ask for your assistance. ... Honestly, I did not know about CIMAC until our arrest.”