Overview
- At the Madlanga Commission, Sergeant Fannie Nkosi admitted forwarding a confidential SAPS audit report and other enquiries to Vusimuzi Matlala and businessman Steve Motsumi, but commissioners rejected his justification for sharing non‑public details.
- Evidence leaders confronted Nkosi with messages suggesting he knew in advance about the 6 December 2024 Special Task Force raid on Matlala’s home, including a text to Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni, which Nkosi denied.
- Before Parliament’s ad hoc committee, KZN commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi presented a handwritten letter from a prisoner who shared a cell with Matlala, alleging direct lines to suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and unusual latitude in custody.
- Mkhwanazi reiterated that he withdrew an allegation about payments to former minister Bheki Cele after a SAPS analyst found the WhatsApp contact was a one‑digit misidentification, though he flagged lingering concerns about Cele’s interactions with Matlala.
- National Commissioner Fannie Masemola testified that he authorised Mkhwanazi’s 6 July briefing to report on the Political Killings Task Team, said attempts to disband the unit disrupted investigations, and denied claims he conspired with or received money via Matlala.