Mandla Mahlangu, an IPID investigator, was approached to give a witness statement but was murdered after refusing to sign it.
“Mandla Mahlangu was one of the IPID investigators... after he refused to sign the witness statement, he was subsequently murdered”
General Mkhwanazi promised the speaker a promotion to Lieutenant General and said that Nkabinde and Mahlangu would also be promoted because of their cooperation.
“Mkhwanazi said that I... would be promoted to Lieutenant General... Mkhwanazi indicated that both Nkabinde and Mahlangu would also be promoted into higher ranks”
Mandla Mahlangu confirmed to Matthew Sesoko that he had been approached by Khomo, a Crime Intelligence official working at IPID.
“Mahlangu confirmed that he had been approached by Khomo... Khomo was the Crime Intelligence official working in IPID”
At the time of the events in question, the speaker was on the ground and knew what was going on concerning Mahlangu and Nkabinde, and that Mkhwanazi was fishing for information about Robert McBride and Paul O'Sullivan.
“I knew that this related to Mandla Mahlangu, by the way, Cedric Nkabinde... he does mention that Mkhwanazi was fishing to see what he could find out about Robert McBride and Paul O'Sullivan”
Mandla Mahlangu refused to sign a statement related to Cedric Nkabinde and was subsequently murdered because of it.
“we found out that it was Mandla Mahlangu who had not signed and he refused to sign. Unfortunately, he was murdered because of it”
