Madlanga Commission adjourns as witness submits illegible medical note

By Johnathan Paoli

The Madlanga Commission adjourned on Wednesday morning after the next scheduled witness, a Crime Intelligence officer, sought a postponement on medical grounds.

Chief evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson told the commission that there were concerns about the postponement application, which was supported by a medical certificate that was “practically illegible and doesn’t say a great deal to the extent that we can work out what it says”.

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Chaskalson said of the witness that he “handles agents and informants, and because he handles agents and informants, I’d ask that we don’t mention his name at this stage”.  

“While we’re not suggesting that this application [for postponement] is not bona fide, it is a concern because there are repeated cases of witnesses who are called to testify and who are unable or who postpone on grounds of health,”