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Madlanga Commission | Nku’s public testimony postponed to next week

Alleged police informant and businessman, Tumelo Nku's, testimony before the Madlanga Commission has been postponed to Monday, 29 June, after a day of private consultations between Nku, his legal team and the commission's evidence leaders. Nku is alleged to be the informant who alerted authorities to the July 2021 drug trafficking operation in Aeroton, south of Johannesburg, where at least 715 kilograms of cocaine were discovered hidden inside a shipping container […]

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Madlanga Commission | Nku declines to identify source behind July 2021 drug bust

Alleged police informant and businessman, Tumelo Nku, has declined to reveal the identity of the source who allegedly informed him about the drug consignment discovered in Aeroton, south of Johannesburg in July 2021. Nku testified before the Madlanga Commission on Thursday, where he was questioned about his alleged role in the operation, during which approximately 715 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of R300 million, was discovered concealed […]

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Madlanga Commission | Gauteng Traffic Chief Admits to Side Hustles With Alleged Police Informant Nku

Chief Provincial Inspector of Gauteng Traffic Police, Samuel Mashaba, has told the Madlanga Commission that he had side hustles with alleged police informant and businessman, Tumelo Nku, in 2019. Nku is the same individual who allegedly alerted Mashaba to the July 2021 drug-trafficking operation that culminated in the controversial bust at Scania's Aeroton warehouse, where 715 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of R300 million was discovered. Mashaba, […]

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Madlanga Commission | Witness I alleges plot to discredit his testimony

Witness I says he has received multiple calls informing him that senior Hawks officials are unhappy with his testimony before the Madlanga Commission. The witness, who resumed his in-camera testimony on Wednesday, has so far outlined his version of events surrounding the controversial July 2021 Aeroton drug-bust, as well as alleged links between some officials and controversial figures. In a startling revelation, Witness I told the commission that a colleague […]

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Madlanga Commission | IPID director says Aeroton drug-bust file went missing

Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Assistant Director of Investigations, Takalani Zelda Maphosho, says she discovered that Pretoria Directorate for Priority Crimes and Investigations (DPCI/Hawks) Lieutenant-Colonel, Lesley Maluleke, had opened an enquiry file linked to a suspected drug-carrying shipping container in July 2021. Maphoso resumed her testimony before the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, where she revealed that she was later informed the file had gone missing after her enquiry into it. […]

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Madlanga Commission | Khan ordered to appear before Commission in July

Suspended Deputy Crime Intelligence head Major-General, Feroz Khan, has been subpoenaed to appear before Madlanga Commission on 1 July. The Commission has also issued a Regulation 10(6) notice authorising the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) to grant access to Khan’s devices, saying the data stored on them is critical to its ongoing investigation. Khan approached the Johannesburg High Court on an urgent basis on 3 June, seeking an interdict to […]

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Madlanga Commission | SAPS officer says Feroz Khan halted Aeroton drug operation

South African Police Service (SAPS) commander of the Crime Information Management and Analysis Centre (CIMAC) at the SAPS Zonkizizwe police station, Marumo Magane, has detailed his arrest during a search-and-seizure operation at the Aeroton Scania warehouse in July 2021. Magane told the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday that SAPS Crime Intelligence Officer, Major-General Feroz Khan, ordered him K9 unit Warrant Officer Steve Phakula and Gauteng Traffic chief Samuel Mashaba, who was […]

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Senior cops, businessman granted R20K bail in precious metals case

Two senior police officers, Feroz Khan and Ebrahim Kadwa, along with businessman Tariq Downes, have each been granted R20 000 bail in connection with an alleged illegal precious metals syndicate. Khan, a Senior Crime Intelligence officer, and Kadwa, the Hawks head in Gauteng, were arrested over the weekend. The trio made their first appearance in the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court on charges of contravening the Precious Metals Act and defeating […]

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