Overview
- Tuesday the High Court bid by Major‑General Feroz Khan was withdrawn, investigators were granted access to his seized phones and tablet, and the commission has summoned him to testify from 1 July.
- Hawks testimony has presented cellphone‑tower tracking and screen‑grabbed messages that place businessman Tumelo Nku on the same route as the truck carrying the Aeroton consignment and show a screenshot sourced from a Transnet system, which investigators say indicates an internal leak.
- Witnesses told the commission that messages were exchanged on the secure Threema app but that investigators only recovered screenshots and therefore cannot definitively link every chat to the Aeroton operation.
- A police witness known as Witness I alleged he was offered a promotion to change his Aeroton statement and later disclosed threats and a secret stay at an alleged cartel figure’s home, highlighting personal risk and attempts to influence testimony.
- The inquiry is focused on documented chain‑of‑custody failures—including drugs moved to Pretoria West before the Forensic Science Laboratory and a 136.46kg shortfall—and its findings could shape prosecutions, discipline for senior officers and changes to port and evidence handling procedures.