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Adv Serunye questioned whether the matter fell within IDAC's mandate and considered that matters involving serious allegations against senior officers in the Intelligence environment could appropriately be handled within IDAC's scope if there was evidence of corruption.

“I questioned whether this fell within the IDAC mandate ... if they followed the queries of ... they did an investigation and they found evidence of corruption, then that is where it comes up to say ... it then falls within the mandate of the IDAC”

The referral to IDAC was about allegations implicating senior officers, not to take over investigations of the open dockets opened in Orlando and the Western Cape.

“the referral to IDAC was about these allegations implicating senior officers. Not for IDAC to go take over the dockets that were opened in Orlando and the Western Cape and investigate those underlying allegations in those dockets.”

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.”

There was serious correspondence dated 1 November 2024 addressed to the Minister containing allegations that case dockets were intercepted, implicating senior police officers who interfered in the investigative process without notification to Gauteng.

“That email of 1 November 2024 at A21, that is the correspondence addressed to the Minister ... 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. And the request to the Minister is: “I urgently and humbly ask the Minister to intervene to ensure the integrity of the investigative process is maintained.””

The referral to IDAC by the Minister was about allegations implicating senior officers, not taking over dockets opened in Orlando and Western Cape.

“This is the request that gives rise to the referral to IDAC. And that was Advocate Sello's point, that the referral to IDAC was about these allegations implicating senior officers. Not for IDAC to go take over the dockets that were opened in Orlando and the Western Cape and investigate those underlying allegations in those dockets.”

Lt-Gen Sibiri stated that Sergeant Nkosi shares information received from senior officers and that this helped him stay informed without involving himself in conflicts.

“some of the information which he will share to me, I believe he got them from most senior officers because he is close to a lot of them. And sometimes I even asked him, are you an agent or who are you, because you can access anything from all these senior officers... So hence it was handy for me that I would know also what is happening... so that I know my lane, that I do not put myself in the mix of anything.”