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Properties or hotels were allegedly bought around KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Johannesburg area, specifically Midrand or Kyalami and Pretoria North, reputed to be lodges and hotels.
“There were properties or hotels that were bought around KZN and Johannesburg area... the area that was mentioned was the Midrand or Kyalami... There was also some mention of Pretoria North... those properties were said to be some lodges and hotels.”
Mr Adams alleged interception of dockets and implicated senior officers for interfering in the investigative process without notifying Gauteng authorities.
“The serious allegations implicating senior officers are contained there ... Then he implicates senior officers because he then says they interfered in the investigative process and he was not notified that Gauteng is following the same process.”
The witness travelled to Durban without making a hotel booking or reservation, and spent a large sum of money on accommodation and tolls without prior planning.
“So you leave Johannesburg not having made a booking or a reservation. You drive all the way to Durban, and even along the way you do not make a reservation. So you will basically see how much you spend when you arrive in Durban.”
Mr. Nku returned from Durban to Johannesburg because he had identified actionable intelligence about a specific container, and his interest in other containers had concluded.
“my reason for coming back was upon identifying this specific container ... I had conclusive details on, information on, that I can pass something that I would deem as actionable intel ... you were no longer interested in the other containers because you had intel, verified intel, in relation to this one container. Your job in Durban was done ... You could come back to Johannesburg”
Chief Mashaba received a call from Mr Nku on the 8th of July confirming the truck with drugs from Durban to Johannesburg had arrived, but Mr Nku did not provide any new information other than the truck's arrival.
“Mr Nku called you and said to you that there is a truck with drugs coming from Durban to Johannesburg … on the 8th , you told him to confirm it positively, and he did so the morning of the 9th of July… He did not give you any new information other than to say the truck is now in Joburg.”
Chief Mashaba required confirmation of the truck landing and truck details before acting on information about drug transport from Durban to Johannesburg.
“That the truck has landed, and if it has landed, give me the number plate, the details of the truck. That is all I needed from him”
Chief Mashaba acknowledged that according to Mr Nku, a truck from Durban to Johannesburg was transporting drugs, but questioned how Mr Nku confirmed this information.
“There is a truck coming from Durban to Joburg transporting drugs ... I do not know how he confirms that”
Chief Mashaba says he was satisfied that the truck was carrying drugs from Durban and this knowledge was the reason why he acted on the information that the truck was already in Johannesburg.
“Yes, I was satisfied because at the back of my mind, the information I got is the truck will be carrying drugs from Durban.”
Advocate Segeels-Ncube challenges Chief Mashaba that since he is in charge of the Heidelberg Weighbridge and was given details of the truck including license plate and driver, he had the opportunity and resources to stop, inspect, and verify the truck but missed this opportunity allegedly intentionally to allow the truck to pass out of his district.
“You are in charge of the Heidelberg Weighbridge ... You could have asked your members to stop that vehicle at the weighbridge... but you missed that opportunity intentionally so that it can go to Johannesburg which is out of your district. Why would you do that?”
Chief Mashaba received a tip-off on 8 July 2021 about a truck traveling from Durban to Johannesburg allegedly carrying drugs, then confirmed and acted on the information on the following day (9 July 2021).
“Aeroton Drug Bust. On Thursday, the 8th July 2021, I received a tip-off from Mr Tumelo Nkuo of a truck travelling from Durban to Johannesburg, which was allegedly suspected to have drugs in its cargo ... On the following morning, February the 9th July 2021 ...”
Sergeant Phakula and Sergeant Sape, both originating from Pretoria, were called to attend a crime scene in the south of Johannesburg with their narcotic dog, which is considered a special unit.
“In your understanding, or may be assist the Commission, what would have been the relevance of this enquiry file that Phakula is asked to ask Maluleke about? ... I believe that that narcotic dog may be it was only at Silverton. ... Did you make anything of the fact that both Phakula and Sape were originating from, they were called all the way from Pretoria?”
The driver of the container found with drugs drove from Durban to Johannesburg without stopping at weighbridges, with an unlikely timeline indicating possible misconduct or negligence.
“The driver of the container that was found with drugs drove from Durban to Johannesburg without stopping at the weighbridges . The driver took the container at the harbour at about 13:30 and arrived at his company in Johannesburg at about 20:00 , which is highly unlikely for the truck .”
On 9 July 2021, while on official duty in Pretoria, Witness I received a call from Sergeant Phakula of the K-9 unit about a truck suspected of transporting 23 bags of drugs from Durban to Johannesburg linked to the inquiry.
“on 9 July 2021, whilst still on official duty at my office in Pretoria, I received a telephone call from Sergeant Phakula of K-9 Unit ... truck suspected of transporting 23 bags of drugs in the Johannesburg area ... truck in question was also from Durban”
Witness I attended the scene of the drug find with Sergeant Masoma and found the suspect driver already under arrest and drugs were kept in a police bakkie without being booked at Booysens Police Station.
“I immediately went to Johannesburg with Sergeant Masoma from my office ... The driver of the truck transporting the drugs was identified ... already under arrest ... drug bags were kept on police bakkie ... truck containing the drugs was never booked at Booysens Police Station SAP13, but kept at station until it was collected by owner”
The images and metadata from Mr Nku's phone include details correlating to the Aeroton drug bust, with truck tracking data showing movements from Durban to Johannesburg.
“this is what was found on Mr Nku's phone ... The headings say track and trace. I am assuming this is how Transnet tracks this truck from Durban to Johannesburg ... It has the details of the registration number, the time in, time out, and then it has details of where it stops and stuff like that”
Traffic Officer in Vereeniging was leading a drug bust operation chasing a truck from Sedibeng to Johannesburg, which is questioned as not in his job scope.
“here is a Traffic Officer in Vereeniging who is leading , because he is the leader ... conducting a drug bust . They are chasing it in Ekurhuleni , outside of Sedibeng . They are chasing it all the way to Johannesburg , outside of Sedibeng”
The truck driver took the container at Durban harbour about 13:30 and arrived at his company in Johannesburg by 20:00, which was considered very quick.
“the driver took the container at the harbour at about 13 : 30 and arrived at his company in Johannesburg at 20 : 00 , which is very quick”
Warrant Officer Mpangase admitted in his statement dated 23 November 2021 that on the morning of 22 June 2021 he received information from Crime Intelligence about a container possibly containing approximately 27 kilograms of cocaine kept at Isipingo CHC Warehouse destined for Johannesburg.
“In the morning of the 22nd of June ‘21, I received information from Crime Intelligence that there was a container possibly containing approximately 27 kilograms of drugs, Cocaine, which was kept at Isipingo CHC Warehouse destined to Johannesburg. The container number was BEAU 5 …”
Containers with seized drugs arriving in Johannesburg or Durban are sealed and assumed sealed at point of origin, impairing local fingerprint matching as suspects are outside the local database.
“That container is sealed and it is assumed that it was sealed at point of origin... if LCRC uplifts any prints, they will not be able to match to anyone in our database because these are people out in Brazil.”
Mr Mogotsi says Mr Matlala was staying in Johannesburg and might be coming to Cape Town with some meat.
“Also heard Mr Matlala maybe coming here. He will be able to, he said he have some meat.”
Mr Mogotsi denies Mr Matlala was orchestrating delivery of impala meat from Johannesburg to Cape Town and explains they just needed something for guests.
“No, no, no, no, not, I do not get when you say he was going to orchestrate. What I know is we needed something for the guests, which he was going to do from Johannesburg and then the impala, the meat, the impala meat.”
At a drug dealings scene on 9 July 2021 in Aeroton, Sebola was approached by Warrant Officer Rikhotso, who was with Colonel Maluleke, the Unit Commander of Johannesburg.
“And I was approached by Warrant Officer Rikhotso, who was at that time with Colonel Maluleke, the Unit Commander of Johannesburg.”
The DPCI had units in Johannesburg, Germiston, West Rand, Vaal, and Pretoria.
“we had the unit in Johannesburg, we had the unit in Germiston, we had the unit in the West Rand, we had the unit in Vaal, we had the unit in Pretoria”
The SAP13 pound referred to is located at Aeroton, Johannesburg.
“At Aeroton, yes”
The drugs found in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) should have been brought to Johannesburg for storage.
“Are you suggesting that the ones that were found in KZN should have been brought to Johannesburg? That is correct .”
Sazi came to Johannesburg in the late 1990s or early 2000s; lobola for Fundiswa was paid in 1999; they bought their own house about a year later and stayed there.
“Sazi came to Johannesburg in the late, in the early 90’s, ja...in 1999 we paid lobola for Fundiswa...and then I think a year down the line, they bought their own house, and they stayed in their own house.”
Commissioner Mkhwanazi provides details of various memoranda of understanding between EMPD and other municipalities including Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and City of Tshwane, outlining agreements for operational collaboration.
“It is an agreement, memorandum of understanding between Ekurhuleni Municipality and Johannesburg... The other is the same agreement between Ekurhuleni but with City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.”
Sergeant Nkosi questioned the legitimacy of fitness assessment invitations that summoned applicants to Fourways, Roodepoort, which is outside Tshwane, suggesting they came from Johannesburg, not Tshwane.
“It says: "The trainees must come at Fourways, Roodepoort." ... I know that Tshwane is not at the Roodepoort. Why would they then summon them to Roodepoort? ... One could assume that it would not come from Tshwane, it would come from Johannesburg.”
Mthakathi Mswazi sent Sergeant Nkosi a document with case numbers for Joseph Anyoni regarding multiple taxi violence cases in Johannesburg, Pretoria Central, MTN Taxi Rank, and Brooklyn.
“Mthakathi Mswazi is sends you a document ... headed Case Numbers for Joseph Anyoni , and then there are seven case numbers . One at Joburg Central , one at Pretoria Central , One at . . . , two at MTN Taxi Rank , and one at Brooklyn”