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Madlanga Commission | Explosive call captures slain alleged drug lord confronting rival

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard an explosive phone call between slain alleged drug lord and tow-truck operator, Bevin Loftus, and his alleged rival, panel-beating and tow-truck businessman, Clive Naicker. The recording was played during testimony by Loftus’s father, Gregory, who believes his son was killed by a Hawks task team allegedly acting on Naicker’s instructions. In the recording, Bevin is heard accusing Naicker of putting up R2.5 million […]

todayAugust 13, 2026 145

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Madlanga Commission | IPID official flags alleged targeted extrajudicial killings in KZN

KwaZulu-Natal Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Investigations Deputy Director, Len John, revealed on Wednesday that SAPS task team members have, in some cases, allegedly killed civilians and then unlawfully linked them to cash-in-transit heists to close dockets related to those crimes. Testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, John alleged that unsuspecting civillians, mostly in informal settlements, were targeted in operations that were often carried out prematurely and without sufficient […]

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