RC 260814SAfmJon Gericke
Friday, 14 August 2026
The Friday Wrap was dominated by the Madlanga Commission’s most explosive week yet: a covert intelligence leak, claims of police-linked killings in KZN, and a hard line on witness obstruction.
- 18:27
Justice Madlanga ordered criminal charges against North West businessman Suleiman Karim after his fifth attempt to avoid testifying, with his non-appearance no longer accepted as excusable without the required medical assessment.
- 18:15
Ram Sammy placed suspended minister Senzo Mtrunu on the record as the person who arranged for a classified crime-intelligence report to be flown to the Eastern Cape and hand-delivered to a suspended IDAC investigator.
- 18:22
IPID evidence covered 300-plus cases and 149 deaths linked to three KZN task teams, with scene findings such as nine people shot and only three firearms recovered contradicting police accounts.
- 18:11
The Commission found Fidil Adams’ explanation for an 18-month laptop malfunction “totally unbelievable”; Parliament said its ICT records show no repair complaints, and he returns on 19 August.