RC 260820702Mandy Wiener
Thursday, 20 August 2026
The episode was dominated by the Madlanga Commission’s bruising evidence, with side blocks on Brown Mohotzi’s bail bid, CPUT’s shutdown, and government-business reform plans.
- 12:11
Fadiel Adams repeatedly backtracked at the Madlanga Commission: he admitted the classified documents held no evidence against crime intelligence chief Pilani Lushaba, and conceded the alleged docket interception never happened.
- 12:11
Adams also confirmed he phoned Brown Mohotzi in 2024/25, while commissioners challenged his reliance on the late General Andre Lincoln and questioned why he never checked the facts himself.
- 12:22
Brown Mohotzi is heading for a fourth bail application next week after appearing briefly in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court; his lawyers say a new verified address forms part of the “new facts”.
- 12:41
CPUT’s campuses remain shut after protests over the university’s financial recovery plan and a torched building, but Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane has now pushed both sides into talks this afternoon.