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Hearings before the Madlanga commission continued on Tuesday, with testimony about a major drug bust in Aeroton, Johannesburg in 2021. In July that year, the Hawks intercepted nearly a tonne of cocaine shipped from Brazil amid allegations that police officers had tried to steal the consignment. Two South African Police Service officers and two Gauteng…
The Madlanga commission heard further testimony of police corruption on Monday from an anonymous police investigator who alleged that senior Gauteng officials were linked to drug cartels and criminal syndicates implicated in contract killings. Witness A, a serving officer in the organised crime unit, told the commission that in May 2024 after the murder of…
Crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga commission on Monday that text messages obtained from murder suspect Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, one of the leaders of the “Big 5” Gauteng-based drug cartel, revealed links between suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and payments for ANC events. “These chats were included in my affidavit because they will…