Mr Tumelo Nku

Mr Tumelo Nku submitted a sworn affidavit and supplementary statement to the Commission regarding events on 9 July 2021 at Aeroton, Johannesburg.

“this is the statement you submitted to the Commission”

Mr Nku stated he is an entrepreneur with skills in data analysis, ethical hacking, consignment and inventory management, and cyber penetration testing for various organizations.

“I am an entrepreneur in businesses with proficiency in data analysis, ethical hacking, consignment and inventory management, conducting cyber penetration testing and research for various organizations”

Mr Nku is not a tenderpreneur and does not run a business tendering for municipalities or government but is a business consultant for clients who are tenderpreneurs.

“I am not a tenderpreneur. I am a business consultant who have clients which are tenderpreneurs, but I do not run a business which is tendering for municipalities and government”

In late April 2021, Mr Nku became aware through confidential sources of a possible shipment involving arms, contraband, and drugs which was preliminary and not definitive information.

“I became aware of the potential shipment date in the last week of April 2021, through confidential sources. At that stage, the information was preliminary and indicated a possible shipment involving arms, contraband, including drugs.”

Mr Nku shared information about the possible shipment of arms and contraband including drugs with Lieutenant General Sindile Mfazi, who was introduced to him by former Minister and Deputy Minister of Defence Maphatsoe and considered a compatriot in exile.

“I shared the information with Lieutenant General Sindile Mfazi, whom I was initially introduced by former Minister, Deputy Minister of Defence Maphatsoe as he expressed that General Mfazi was his compatriot in exile”

By approximately 7 July 2021, containers prioritized for transportation were identified, one conclusively based on the information Mr Nku shared.

“By approximately the 7th, 2021, certain containers were identified as being prioritised for transportation. One of them was conclusively the positive base one.”

Mr Nku first advised police about information possibly involving criminality some time before sharing with General Mfazi.

“When you advised General Mfazi of this information, was it the first time you ever advised police about information possibly involving criminality? No, Chair. It was not the first time.”

Mr Nku mainly exchanged information with Chief Mashaba within the law enforcement service before advising General Mfazi.

“I have mainly done or sent information or exchanged information with Chief Mashaba, or let me say Mr Mashaba”

Cellphone devices analyzed belonged to Tumelo Nku and were linked via social media and contact numbers to shipment of containers associated with the drug case.

“It then discovered that the cellphone devices belong to Mr Tumelo Nku and this was confirmed by the information contained in the devices. While analysing the devices off Tumelo Nku, I then discovered images, messages from social media applications, and contact numbers linking him to the shipment of containers.”

The user ID on the black screen screenshot is confirmed to be the username of Tumelo Nku.

“On the black screen screenshot, I can confirm this is the username of Tumelo Nku.”

Based on device movement, Philipp Plein aka Tumelo Nku was back in Gauteng from 2021-05-23 after the suspected retrieval of container contents in Durban.

“The movement of Tumelo Nku through these devices indicated that he was back in Gauteng from the 2021-5-23 .”

Conversation on 1 July 2021 between Alpha, Philipp Plein, and Tumelo Nku indicated pressures and issues related to container shipments at Pier 1 and Pier 2.

“Alpha say: 'Please get back to me straight away' ... Philipp Plein says: 'Boss, can't they get Pier 2? We are going to have to pull another mission impossible.' ... Alpha says: 'Look here, the vessel is already set. Let us do last one, Pier 1. We do a mission impossible. I want good pressure. At least we now know the system now.'”

Alpha communicated with syndicates responsible for placing items inside containers, and Tumelo Nku facilitates the release of those containers to retrieve the goods.

“Alpha has communication with syndicates, which are responsible of placing stuff inside the containers. And Tumelo Nku is the one to facilitate the release of those containers in order to retrieve the stuff”

The last WhatsApp conversation on 1 July 2021 shows Alpha noting 'I only got to know now' and Philipp Plein expressing frustration about job difficulties, discussing container contents and specifying to avoid containers with metal or automobile goods due to recent busts.

“Alpha says: 'I only got to know now'... Philipp Plein says: 'Boss, these people are really making our job impossible by the day.' ... Boss, please tell the people that avoid any containers with metal or anything automobile. Only load goods or sugar.”

Chats show that Mashaba was referred to as 'General' only when talking to Tumelo Nku, which suggests a specific context for the use of that title.

“o n a l l t h e c h a t s t h a t I w e n t t h r o u g h o f Tu m e l o , t h e r e i s n o w a y h e m e n t i o n s G e n e r a l e x c e p t h i m t a l k i n g t o H e o n l y r e f e r s t o M a s h a b a a s G e n e r a l”

Chats suggest that Tumelo Nku was trying to avoid law enforcement stop-and-searches while transporting drugs and mentions K9 units which are dog units used for detecting drugs.

“Tu m e l o N k u s a y s ... W e g o t s t u c k a t , t h i s i s B e a u f o r t We s t , K 9 U n i t s i n t h e b l o c k s . ...Tu m e l o w a s a v o i d i n g t h e r o a d ... K 9 U n i t s a r e t h e d o g u n i t s ...”

Tumelo Nku financially supported Samuel Mashaba, which is atypical as normally informers receive money from law enforcement, not the other way around.

“I n t h i s c a s e , i t i s Tu m e l o N k u w h o i s f i n a n c i a l l y s u p p o r t i n g S a m u e l M a s h a b a , n o t t h e c o n v e n t i o n a l w a y w h e r e a n i n f o r m e r i s r e c e i v i n g m o n e y f r o m t h e l a w e n f o r c e m e n t .”

Samuel Mashaba used the phone number saved as 'Doggy Hawks' on Tumelo Nku's device, but Tumelo Nku saved the number, not Mashaba himself.

“I t i s n o t h i m w h o s a v e d h i m s e l f a s D o g g y H a w k s . I t i s Tu m e l o N k u w h o s a v e d h i m o r h i s n u m b e r a s D o g g y H a w k s .”

Tumelo Nku had deposited money to the Shilobane Lodge account and later confirmed 'done'.

“Tumelo said done. So to me, it tells me that Tumelo had deposited money because he was provided with a bank account. Then he says it is done.”

Tumelo Nku has two Telegram accounts, including one called Ghost48, from which messages were sent directing Samuel Mashaba on logistics.

“Telegram messages were discovered between Tumelo Nku with a username... Then Samuel Mashaba with the username sending Mashaba Hawks.”

Tumelo Nku sent a message to Samuel Mashaba with directions and coordinates using a Telegram account, specifying location as Yellow Jersey.

“He sent Samuel Mashaba, now... Mashaba Hawks, a location through Telegram of where they should go and the coordinates are that of Yellow Jersey. So it was Tumelo Nku sending Mashaba those directions.”

There was a correction in the record that Samuel Mashaba received the message from Tumelo Nku at 00:25:19 on 21 July 2021, based on evidence from the Evidence Leader.

“The correct correction was that Mashaba received at that time 00:25:19... On 21-07-09, Samuel Mashaba received from Tumelo Nku a location through Telegram... because of the Evidence Leader... we need to correct that.”

It is asserted that Tumelo Nku is the person who sent directions via Telegram to Samuel Mashaba using his device.

“This Telegram message is from Tumelo Nku's device. So he is the one who sent those directions or the message to Mashaba at that time. That is why I am saying Tumelo Nku sent the message.”

The coordinates sent in the Telegram message matched the location of Yellow Jersey, confirming Tumelo Nku knew where the truck was.

“Then you plot them to where they use Google Maps, then it gave me the location of Yellow Jersey... It means Tumelo Nku knew where the truck was.”

There was a communication linkage between Tumelo Nku and a Yellow Jersey Logistics employee on 8 July 2021 when Tumelo Nku was in Durban.

“There was a communication linkage between Tumelo Nku and the Yellow Jersey Logistic employee on the 2021-7-08 while Tumelo Nku was in the vicinity of Durban.”

Calls were made from Tumelo Nku to the Yellow Jersey Logistics employee's cellphone and later to a landline belonging to Yellow Jersey Logistics, showing Tumelo Nku had the landline number to contact.

“The first three calls were made to the employee's cellphone number... Then later on, they changed to the land line... indicated that the land line number belonged to Yellow Jersey Logistics.”

Tumelo Nku obtained the landline number from the person he was communicating with on the cellphone number.

“Tumelo Nku, that number, he got it from the person that he was in communication with on that cellphone number.”

Phone records show that Tumelo Nku was making calls connected to a tower in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on 2021-07-09, confirming his location in KZN at that time.

“the tower where Tumelo was making a call . That is the tower that connected during his call . So he was in KZN”

Call records extracted from Tumelo Nku's phone match data from the cell provider, which cannot be tampered with during import to the analyst notebook program.

“Those call records , he cannot dispute them because even the cell provider is giving us the same information”

Analysis of the call data in an analyst notebook program confirms calls between Tumelo Nku and Sandra Engelbrecht of Yellow Jersey Logistics at specified times.

“The directon of the arrows indicates the person or subject who received the call . The blue arrows represents the calls received by Yellow Jersey ... Sandra Engelbrecht ... The first call was at 17:16:54 and the second call was at 17:18:19”

Images found on Tumelo Nku's phone included a computer screen with a Transnet logo matching a Yellow Jersey Logistics truck found at the crime scene in Aeroton.

“There were images discovered from Tumelo Nku's phone of a computer screen with a Transnet logo ... The details on the image were compared to the Yellow Jersey Logistics truck found on the crime scene at Aeroton”

The registration and company name of the Yellow Jersey Logistics truck found at Aeroton match those seen on the image found on Tumelo Nku's phone, confirming he had information about the truck and container.

“The registration and the company name is the same as it appears on the computer screen ... This confirms what was on Tumelo's phone”

The container number starting with BEAU found on plaintiff Tumelo Nku's phone images corresponds with the container number on the contract truck.

“The unique number that starts with BEAU, it is a container number”

Tumelo had the container number and registration of the truck carrying the drugs before the incident happened.

“So Tumelo had the registration of the truck, he had the serial number of the container that will be carrying the drugs . So he had those before the incident”

Photos on Tumelo Nku's official photo album from LCRC show he took photos close to the Yellow Jersey Logistics truck found at the crime scene, contradicting witness Magane's claim that Nku was 300 meters away from the truck.

“One of the witnesses, Magane, said Nku was never close to the truck . He was 300 metres away ... Looking at the photo on page 25 and 26, it suggests that he was very close to the truck when he was taking these photos ... the photos ... extracted from the photo album the official photo album from LCRC”

Tumelo Nku was taking pictures inside his vehicle including images of bags similar to those found in a bakkie on the day of the incident.

“this is Tumelo Nku sitting inside his vehicle taking a picture ... those pictures were taken from Tumelo Nku ... the bags on the back of the bakkie are the bags which were recovered on the day of the incident ... they are very similar in the way they are wrapped with the ones which were found on Tumelo Nku's gallery”

The pictures were saved on July 7, two days before the Aeroton incident on July 9, 2021, but it is uncertain when the photos were taken or if they relate directly to Aeroton event.

“these pictures were saved on the 7th ... which is two days before the Aeroton ... that is correct, Commissioner”

Extracted cell phone data from Joseph Marumo's phone was used to confirm communications among suspects including Mashaba, Magane, and Warrant Officer Phakula but excluding Tumelo because there was no communication between Tumelo and these individuals.

“This was extracted from Joseph Marumo's phone ... communication between Marumo, Mashaba and Rambos i.e. Warrant Officer Phakula ... even Warrant Officer Phakula and Warrant Officer Magane do not have any communication with Tumelo.”

Tumelo Nku was in KwaZulu-Natal from 2021-07-07 and left Gauteng the same day according to cell tower data on both his cell numbers.

“Tumelo was in the vicinity of KwaZulu-Natal from 2021-07-07 as he left Gauteng on the same day, according to cell phone towers active on both his cell phone numbers.”

The container referred to was still at the port in Durban on 2021-07-07 and was released and transported on 2021-07-08, the date Tumelo Nku traveled back to Gauteng from KwaZulu-Natal as confirmed by Transnet logos.

“The container was still at the port in Durban on 2021-07-07 and it was released and transported on 2021-07-08. We got this information from those pictures that had Transnet logos... It was released on the 8th, which is the date Tumelo Nku travelled back to Gauteng from KwaZulu-Natal.”

Cell phone data shows Tumelo Nku's movements on 2021-07-07 from Krugersdorp to Durban and on 2021-07-08 from Durban to Gauteng, indicating he was monitoring the container's movement.

“On map dated 2021-07-07 with yellow tower icons, it is when Tumelo Nku was moving from Gauteng to Durban. The icons start from Krugersdorp which is where Tumelo Nku is residing, and later was in the vicinity of Durban... 2021-7-08 is the date Tumelo Nku travelled back to Gauteng from KwaZulu-Natal. This indicates that Tumelo Nku was monitoring the container from KwaZulu-Natal to Gauteng.”

Tumelo Nku is a facilitator for containers used to conceal illegal drugs and is involved in drug trafficking with assistance from others.

“Tumelo is a facilitator for the containers that are used to conceal illegal drugs. He is involved in drug trafficking and has people who are assisting him to facilitate the trafficking”

Tumelo Nku is not an informer and was working with law enforcement contacts who assisted him with illegal activities, including retrieving illegal drugs from a truck.

“Tumelo Nku is not an informer as he alleges because if that was the case, the drug-seizing was supposed to be seized in Durban. Why would he risk travelling all the way to Durban and come back following the truck? Tumelo was working for and had contacts within law enforcement who were assisting him with illegal activities. Samuel Mashaba, the law enforcement officer within the Gauteng Traffic Department, had connections with other units that he used to assist Tumelo to achieve his objective, which was to retrieve illegal drugs from the truck.”

Tumelo Nku has immovable property registered under his mother's name and other immovable properties purchased with companies to conceal true source of income.

“Tumelo has an immovable property that is registered under his mother, immovable properties that he purchased using companies so to hide his true source of income.”

Tumelo Nku owns vehicles and properties not under his name but under companies and his mother's name, which are used by him.

“There is a property and vehicle that are used by Tumelo, but all those are not under his name. The property was purchased for R2900000. That property, you can see, he takes pictures inside that property, even outside. ... Even when Tumelo is sending the code to his visitors, that code, it will tell you to say address so-and-so, we are visiting Tumelo Nku. It does not say we are visiting Dina ... it says we are visiting Tumelo Nku with that address. So it can tell to say it is his property: On the registration of that property, he is using his mother's name and ID number, but the email, he is using his email address. So we can tell to say even communication, it needs to be directed to him, not his mother, because that property belongs to him. So even the vehicles, those vehicles are registered under companies, so not to Tumelo's name.”

Tumelo Nku operates as a businessman distributing Coca-Cola products alongside his drug trafficking activities.

“I will say, Commissioner, he is a business person, also doing drug trafficking, because he does have a company that is running now, distributing Coca-Cola products.”

Tumelo Nku is connected to the African National Congress (ANC) through funding of other organizations and branches that request donations.

“You can see that he is connected to the organisation, African National Congress, because most branches, they ask for donations. Others, they will say ... he is funding other organisations.”

Tumelo Nku owns at least five foreign bank cards registered in his name.

“We do have cards that are in Tumelo's name. All these bank cards are foreign bank cards, but they belong to Tumelo, because there is initial info ... Four or five, five, yes, five different banks.”

Digital evidence including WhatsApp and Telegram messages show consistent communication between Tumelo Nku and Samuel Mashaba regarding containers suspected to conceal illicit goods and logistics around transport and retrieval.

“The analysis of the extracted handset data, WhatsApp chats, Telegram messages, Three mac screenshot images, call data records and movement reports indicates a consistent pattern of communication and utility between Tumelo Nku, and Samuel Mashaba and other identified individuals ... The Three mac communications show repeated references to containers, vessels, Pier 1, Customs, seals, truckers, transporters, and stuff ... The communications further indicate that Tumelo Nku, using the alias Philipp Plein, was in direct communication with the user identified as Alpha ... The cell phone data records places Tumelo Nku in the vicinity of Durban and KwaZulu-Natal during relevant periods when the Three mac conversations concerning containers and port activities took place, including May 2021 and July 2021 ... The Telegram communications between Tumelo Nku and Samuel Mashaba, including the shared route to Yellow Jersey Logistics, together with call data records and images found on Tumelo Nku's device, establish a further linkage between the subjects, Yellow Jersey Logistics and the container later found at Aeroton crime scene ... The images recovered from Tumelo Nku's device, including images of bags wrapped in black tape and images reflecting container or transport information, further corroborate the communication and movement analysis relating to the container and its contents ... The call data records analysed in respect of Tumelo Nku, Yellow Jersey Logistics, Sandra Engelbrecht, Samuel Mashaba, Warrant Officer Phokungwana, and Marumo Joseph Magane show communication linkages before and on the day of the incident, including the sharing of locations and contact numbers relevant to Yellow Jersey Logistics and the movement of the container ... The WhatsApp and Telegram communications between Tumelo Nku and Samuel Mashaba establishes that there was an existing relationship between them prior to the incident and that their communication included... The totality of the digital evidence analysed indicates that Tumelo Nku played an active role in monitoring, facilitating, and communicating about the movement of containers from the port of Durban to Gauteng, and that it was linked to communication and movement data to other persons relevant to Booysen's CAS ... The digital evidence supports the existence of a coordinated network of individuals communicating across encrypted messaging applications and ordinary cellular platforms in relation to the movement of containers, transport arrangements, and the suspected retrieval of illicit goods.”

Sandra does not recall the date of the incident when she spoke to Tumelo Nku.

“She does not recall the date of the incident where she spoke to Tumelo,”

No communication evidence was found linking Tumelo Nku to someone driving a truck using WhatsApp chats.

“From the WhatsApp chats, there is nothing that will suggest to say Tumelo Nku is communicating with somebody who is driving a truck”

The appearance of Mr Tumelo Nku was postponed due to a family bereavement and the postponement was granted by the Commission.

“BDK Attorneys have since brought a postponement application explaining the circumstances that do not permit or allow for Mr Nku to be present today ... there was a family bereavement ... The Evidence Leaders kindly considered his request for a postponement ... he will be available next week and the date arranged ... is the 18th of June.”

Screenshots are used to capture messages in Threema because the app deletes messages permanently after sending.

“One will need to either save it on its screenshots so that it can forward it to the next person. So that is why it was saved on Mashaba, on Tumelo Nku's phone, because he wanted to relate what is in the message to the other person”

One of the screenshots found on the device of the accused person contained communication between Philipp Plein, saved as Tumelo Nku, and individuals identified as Alpha.

“During the analysis, it was discovered that one of the screenshots found on the device of the accused person contained the communication between Philipp Plein, who was saved in the device as Tumelo Nku, and individuals identified as Alpha”

The first sequence of text is identified as being from Threema, not WhatsApp, based on certain identifiable features such as captions and encryption indications seen in screenshots.

“the first one , we said it was sent , they got it via Threema , then captured on the screenshots of Tumelo ... it shows that it is through those encrypted chats of Threema”

The individual saved in Tumelo Nku’s contact list as 'General Mashaba of Hawks' was identified as Samuel Mashaba, who is a suspect in the case.

“the person saved as General Mashaba of Hawks was identified as Samuel .”

Communication between Tumelo Nku and EBBoss referring to 'General' or 'General Mashaba' pertains to Samuel Mashaba, as reflected in multiple screenshots saved on devices where both addressed Samuel Mashaba as General.

“when they are talking about the General of Hawks , they are referring to the person who is saved as Samuel Mashaba ... they both address Samuel Mashaba as General .”

Further examination of Tumelo Nku's device revealed screenshots containing communications about vessels, containers, piers, and discussions about taking photographs of a container and its seal, indicating monitoring activity prior to the Booysen case.

“Further examination of Tumelo Nku’s device revealed several screenshots containing communications relating to vessels , containers and piers . The communications include the discussion regarding the taking of photographs of a container and its seal .”

A screenshot found on Tumelo Nku’s device indicates a message requesting photographs of a container and its seal, with comment that the longer the container is kept, the more nervous others get - establishing context of surveillance or monitoring activity.

“The first screenshot, it starts by saying : " Can you get the pics of the container and seal ? The longer you take with it , the more nervous they get ...”

The screenshot communication is between Tumelo Nku and Alpha, indicating their involvement in the monitoring or discussion about the containers.

“The communication is between him and Alpha .”

Images served in the gallery of Tumelo Nku on 7 July 2021 showed three black bags similar to one found in a black bakkie at Aeroton, and the cell phone towers placed him in Durban with the container also in Durban on that date.

“On 2021-07-07 there were images served in the gallery of Tumelo Nku of three black bags which looked similar to the one found in the black bakkie at Aeroton ... The cell phone towers placed him that he was in Durban and the container was still in Durban.”

There is evidence of communication between Mr Tumelo Nku and an employee of Yellow Jersey regarding the case under investigation.

“you have just had a discussion with Ms Pooe about the different role players ... indicated as an employee at Yellow Jersey, and you say there is evidence of communication between that employee and Mr Nku, I think, Tumelo Nku”

Lt-Col Sebola interviewed a driver named Tumelo Nku who was involved in the scene in a private capacity and previously worked for Transnet; Nku knew Chief Traffic Mashaba and the information they were working on was his.

“Interviewed the driver of the silver grey Series BMW to whom I identified myself as Tumelo Nku . His explanation about his involvement was that he was there on his private capacity and further that he once worked for Transnet before ventured into business . And the person he knows on the scene was Chief Traffic Mashaba since he used to give you information on illegal cigarettes . Further indicated that the information they are working on was his .”

Tumelo Nku claimed he was just monitoring, not a registered informer, and that being present at the scene endangered his own life since he was not supposed to be there.

“He said , no , I was just monitoring . ... I highlighted to him to say , by placing yourself on this scene , you are endangering your own life . You are even not supposed to be here .”

Lt-Col Sebola insisted that Tumelo Nku, as an informer who just sat in the car and did not participate, should never have been at the scene and the car seemed suspicious especially due to permit discrepancies.

“He should never have been there . Again , if you look at that car , also , to me , it looked suspicious . Because I also investigated the issue of the permit .”

Lt-Col Sebola suspected Tumelo Nku instructed other police officers to misbehave at the scene and was monitoring the execution of these instructions.

“He is working with them . He is admitting that he is their informer , he is with them , he is monitoring . Then there was no way for me to say , let me deal with these three and leave this one . Because I wanted to see , these people , these police are misbehaving , are defeating in the presence . To my belief , they wanted to accomplish what he wanted them to do .”

Colonel Sebola indicated to Colonel Steyn that he needed officers to offload bags which were looted in a Nissan bakkie, and that four male persons were interviewed leading to their arrest.

“Colonel Steyn indicated that Captain Nortje and Warrant Officer Morris will assist me in handling those bags looted in the Nissan bakkie. And whilst we were waiting for LCRC to come, I continued interviewing four male persons. That was pointed to me by Warrant Officer-that was pointed to me. That is Warrant Officer Magane, Phakula, Mashaba, and Tumelo Nku. The outcome of the interview led to the arrest of Warrant Officer ... of the four ...”

Communication relevant to the investigation was found on Tumelo Nku's phone including suspicious messages regarding a consignment and a photo of a Yellow Jersey truck from a ship arriving in Durban from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“On the cell phone ... Tumelo Nku I found suspicious communication which says the police must not ... this consignment ... Durban ... a photo that shows it was taken from Apollonia ship that arrived in Durban from Sao Paulo, Brazil”

Tumelo Nku's phones confiscated included two cell phones, but Sgt Phakula's state cell phone was not part of the download investigation.

“there were even two cell phones. And what I have realised in the downloading, we did not get Phakula's state cell phone. It was not part of the downloading”

Major General Khan instructed the arrest of Tumelo Nku, instructed Warrant Officer Magane to sit in the car and prevented Dog Unit from performing duties at the scene.

“Major General Khan gave instructions for the arrest of Tumelo Nku. He gave instructions to Warrant Officer Magane to sit in the car and not to get out. He prevented Dog Unit from performing their duties at the scene.”

At the location after being called by Chief Mashaba, the witness met Chief Mashaba and a gentleman named Mr Tumelo Nku, who was introduced as an informant and explained information about a truck allegedly carrying or transporting drugs.

“Upon my arrival at the said location, I met Chief Mashaba driving a grey VW Golf 7 and another gentleman unknown to me driving a charcoal BMW 7 series... This man came to be known to me as Mr Tumelo Nku... After a detailed explanation of the information by Mr Nku, Chief Mashaba further requested Mr Nku to further explain the information to me in detail.”

Contrary to transcript wording, only Chief Mashaba and the witness went inside the truck stop at Yellow Jersey Company, Mr Nku was left behind.

“I think here the statement, it is only me and Chief Mashaba who went to that truck stop, not Mr Nku. Mr Nku was left behind.”

The alleged drug-carrying truck arrived at Roodekop industrial area in Alberton on Thursday the 8th, with registration and container details shown to the witness via Cellphone by Mr Nku.

“A truck which was, which arrived the night before, which was on Thursday the 8th, ... Arrived at Roodekop ... This truck was allegedly carrying drugs or transporting drugs. He also showed me the registration number and the number of that alleged container on his cell phone, showed me the picture of that container and the truck.”

Mr Nku is the informant of Chief Mashaba.

“Informant, yes. ... Mr Nku, that is correct there.”

Mr Nku used to work at Transnet and had information about a truck due to Transnet's role in container transport from harbours, but the source of the informant's information was never interrogated in detail.

“Mr Mashaba explained to me that Mr Nku used to work at Transnet, so he still have information about Transnet matters... According to the information that was given to me ... I then assumed that he got it maybe through his source or in whatever way. ... I did not go deep into getting more information from Mr Nku as to how is he getting this information, because he was no longer working at Transnet.”