Overview
- Johnson failed to appear before the Madlanga Commission on Monday after her legal team produced a medical certificate saying she was rushed to hospital, prompting the commission to postpone her evidence and drawing a formal review by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
- A Crime Intelligence officer testified that in July 2018 an email titled “Phetlhe complaint” arrived from a Gmail address linked to Andrea Johnson containing Phetlhe’s A1 statement, a J88 medical report and an audio file that were printed and given to Maj‑Gen Feroz Khan.
- Former Hawks investigators told the commission they traced the attachments to journalist Barry Bateman, who said he forwarded material to Johnson on 3 July 2018 after receiving it via WhatsApp from an unidentified source.
- Commission chair Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga and witnesses have flagged legal and procedural doubts about IDAC investigations, including whether investigators met the Section 27 threshold required to open the probe into Brigadier Dineo Mokwele’s appointment.
- Other IDAC figures, notably senior investigator Brian Padayachee, have denied being part of any faction or unqualified, while the inquiry has also heard separate allegations of past misconduct against an IDAC investigator, raising broader questions about evidence handling, institutional accountability and public trust in anti‑corruption bodies.