Commission hears of around-the-clock protection for officers probing Armand Swart murder
A police witness known as Witness A has testified at the Madlanga Commission that the political killings task team only joined Armand Swart's murder investigation after he and his colleague, Witness B, were placed under 24-hour protection.
The engineer was killed outside his workplace in Vereeniging last year in what is believed to have been a case of mistaken identity.
The murder has been linked to a Transnet tender.
Witness A has told the commission that during the investigation their safety was taken over by Crime Intelligence.
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The officer has added that being moved to safe houses changed their lives completely, as they could no longer return home or live normally while under tight security.
“I think it was the first experience to both of us, Witness B, and myself, we’ve never imagined that we could be admitted to this program. And then this program came with its own challenges as much as it was assisting us. Your life as a person is impacted. Also, the families are somehow affected.”
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