The former acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General Kgomotso Phahlane, distanced himself from any involvement in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases when he testified before the TRC Cases Inquiry sitting at Newtown, Johannesburg. Phahlane said he was aware of the TRC cases during his tenure as the head of SAPS forensic services, when his division assisted with the exhumation of the remains of executed anti-apartheid activists. He maintained that the TRC cases remained a priority for the Hawks. “It is the head of the DPCI who will provide the necessary information regarding the TRC cases. I believe the TRC cases were, and still are, regarded as priority crimes,” he said.