Pietermaritzburg

Ms Ramasamy was appointed as an aspirant prosecutor in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on 1 February 2015, and worked on drug-related prosecutions in the Pinetown cluster, KwaZulu-Natal from 2016 to 2020, collaborating closely with SAPS members including Karl Saunder.

“I was appointed as an aspirant prosecutor in Pietermaritzburg-KwaZulu-Natal on the 1st of February 2015 ... I was based within the Pinetown cluster, KwaZulu-Natal, from the period of 2016 to 2020. During this period, I have dealt with drug-related prosecution and worked closely with SAPS members, such as Karl Saunder, who has given evidence before this Commission.”

Mrs. Shongwe met Imran and Aseef Kajee in Durban, who claimed to have a cigarette factory in Pietermaritzburg and referenced help given to then former SG Floyd Shivambo at the factory.

“When you got there, you met these people who have a factory of cigarettes in Pietermaritzburg. Who are you talking about? I amran and Aseef Kajee... They have a cigarette factory? It is what they told me... They say your former SG, referring to Floyd Shivambo, when he came to the factory, we always helped him, we gave him something, do not worry.”

Maj-Gen Senona visited his offices and limited other specified offices and met his people but was not taken around police stations nor forced to do so by his job.

“I visited my offices. I visited Newcastle. I am having an office of SOCI in Newcastle... I visited my offices in Richards Bay... I visited a SOCI office in Pietermaritzburg... I visited my offices at Durban Organised Crime where SOCI is SOCI at 136... I visited the Serious Corruption in a Commercial City Building... But police stations, no. It is the Provincial Commissioner who is in charge of the police station, not me... I have listed my offices that I visited that I have authority over”

In KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), there are five Serious Organized Crime Investigation (SOCI) units located at Durban, Port Shepstone, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay, and Newcastle.

“In KZN there are five SOCI units. There is one in Durban, Port Shepstone, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay, and Newcastle.”