Madlanga Commission Presses Witness Over “Forgotten” Emails and Parliament Device Claims‎

‎The Madlanga Commission has sharply questioned a witness over his claim that he only became aware of formal Commission correspondence several months after it was allegedly sent.
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‎During the hearing, the chairperson challenged the witness over a Rule 3 notice issued by the Commission, pointing out that there was only one Madlanga Commission and that the witness had previously responded to the correspondence.
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‎The chairperson drew a distinction between forgetting to respond to an email and forgetting that the communication had ever been received.
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‎The witness explained that his demanding political and community work had contributed to him forgetting the correspondence. He said he routinely worked from early morning until late at night, dealing with issues including gang violence, community disputes and funerals.
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‎He insisted that he was not lying and maintained that he genuinely could not remember the correspondence at the time.
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‎The questioning intensified when the chairperson referred to a previous explanation that the witness's parliamentary email system had malfunctioned. Parliament had reportedly issued a statement saying that every Member of Parliament is provided with three devices to help prevent communication problems caused by technical failures.
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‎The witness confirmed that MPs are provided with three devices but denied suggesting that all three had malfunctioned.
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‎He further explained that he does not use email or WhatsApp on his parliamentary phone because of concerns that the devices could be hacked. He also alleged that parliamentary technicians had repeatedly worked on his laptop and invited the Commission to question them about the technical problems.
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‎The witness said he had provided screenshots and other information to an eNCA journalist, Kevin Brunt, as evidence of his email problems. He offered to have his office send the relevant emails to the Commission.
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‎However, the chairperson questioned whether the emails cited by the witness actually proved that his email system had malfunctioned during the period under examination.
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‎One of the emails concerned the witness's arrest and allegations involving the PKTT at Parliament, while another related to a complaint concerning an alleged 100% increase involving a parliamentary official.
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‎The chairperson pointed out that the first email was too recent to explain why the witness allegedly did not see correspondence dating back to October 2025.
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‎The exchange left the Commission focused on a central question: Was the witness genuinely unaware of the earlier Commission communication, or had he simply forgotten about it?
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