Overview
- Tumelo Nku returned to the Madlanga Commission after submitting a supplementary affidavit and said fear affected his earlier testimony.
- Nku told the inquiry he provided intelligence that led to the 2021 Aeroton seizure but insisted he did not plan or coordinate drug shipments.
- Commission lawyers are examining Threema screenshots recovered from Nku’s phone that show messages involving an alleged businessman called EB and a contact identified as John Wick.
- The inquiry probed why Nku was carrying more than R60,000 in cash on the day of the bust and noted that 136.46 kg went missing from the 715.86 kg seized in police custody.
- The hearings are focused on whether Nku acted solely as an informer or was complicit with police, and the commission’s findings could prompt further disciplinary or criminal steps.