Mr Musa Khawula

Sergeant Nkosi accepted that he made a payment of R500 to Natasha SABC for information about Musa Khawula's phone number.

“Do you want to confirm that that was a payment made to Natasha SABC? ... I accept.”

Sergeant Nkosi described the payment of R500 to Natasha as a token of appreciation for providing Musa Khawula's number.

“And do you accept that that R500 was, in your words, at the top of 1344, a token of appreciation for giving you Musa Khawula's number?”

The chat logs between Sergeant Nkosi and Natasha show a payment of R500 made to Natasha with instructions on how to withdraw cash, implying a corrupt transaction involving exchange of information about Musa Khawula.

“That conversation culminates in Sergeant Nkosi eventually saying: 'Hey, Natasha. I have just sent you R500 to withdraw the cash from any Absa. Remember to select Cash Send withdrawal when you go to withdraw the cash.'”

Sergeant Nkosi states he did not pay Natasha for information as he already had everything about Musa Khawula and did not need to pay her for information.

“That information was never paid. As you see there in paragraph 4, Commissioner said: “I have everything about him... “”

Sergeant Nkosi did not acknowledge receiving the number Mr. Musa Khawula had sent to her and was silent despite her messages at specific times on 22 October 2024.

“she sends you the number at 6:41:27 PM on the 22nd of October 2024, and you are silent. You do not even acknowledge the fact that she has sent this to you”

Sergeant Nkosi asked "Where can I send token of appreciation?" implying he wanted to show appreciation for receiving Mr. Musa Khawula's number, but later denied this when questioned.

“a couple of chats later you say: “Where can I send token of appreciation?””

Sergeant Nkosi sent a warrant of arrest of Musa Khawula to Mr Lekukela to notify or alert nearest police officials if they saw Musa Khawula in places such as pubs in Bryanston.

“The reason that I sent it to him, I wanted him also to notify me or notify then nearest police when he sees Musa Khawula... especially there in Bryanston, he usually sees him... I then took advantage of that and said to him, please, when you see him, the nearest police, inform them, this is the copy of the warrant...”

Sergeant Nkosi states that although there is an investigating officer, Brigadier Ramangwa's team was also investigating Musa Khawula.

“Although there is an investigating officer, there is a separate team under Brigadier Ramangwa investigating Musa Khawula.”

Musa Khawula had several cases and multiple warrants against him apart from the one related to Ze's investigation.

“Musa Khawula had many cases. He had, I think, three or four warrants on him other than this one of Ze.”

To prevent information leakage and avoid being refused entry by police, tickets to an event where Musa Khawula would perform were arranged.

“A n d t h e n I p h r a s e d t h e i s s u e t h a t i f h e i s p e r f o r m i n g i n a n e v e n t , t h e r e a r e t w o p o s s i b i l i t i e s . O n e , w e m i g h t b e r e f u s e d e n t r y a s t h e p o l i c e . T w o , t h e i n f o r m a t i o n m i g h t l e a k t h a t w e a r e l o o k i n g f o r h i m b e c a u s e h e i s a p u b l i c f i g u r e . S o , t h e b e s t w a y , t h e n h e s u g g e s t e d , l e t m e g e t t h e t i c k e t s s o t h a t y o u m i g h t , i f t h e i s s u e o f t h e a p p o i n t m e n t c e r t i f i c a t e b e i n g r e j e c t e d , u s e t h e t i c k e t s . O r t h e b e s t w a y i s t o u s e t h e t i c k e t s t o b e u n d e r c o v e r , t h e n y o u c a l l t h e m , d o o u r w o r k .”

Two weeks after initial events, Sergeant Nkosi shared an arrest warrant for Musa Khawula with Mr Matlala to assist in Khawula's arrest.

“In fact, two weeks later Nkosi shared a warrant with Mr Matlala and that warrant was a warrant for Musa Khawula's arrest ... so that Matlala can assist in the arrest of Mr Khawula”

Lt-Gen Shibiri denies any knowledge or involvement in the Musa Khawula arrest matter and states it was handled separately with different complainants.

“I have no knowledge of that particular matter. I was not even involved, I did not know about it... It happened. They executed where they executed”

Lt-Gen Shibiri was not informed of Musa Khawula's arrest by Sergeant Nkosi but found out through News24 and forwarded the news to Nkosi.

“When the arrest happened I saw it from News24. I forwarded it to Nkosi...”

Lt-Gen Shibiri described Musa Khawula as a problematic person subject to arrest, based on media reports, not personal police knowledge.

“It seems he is a problematic person... You identified him as a problem on the basis of what you know because the rest of it is in the media according to you”