By Johnathan Paoli
National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams on Wednesday night launched a scathing attack on KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).
Adams was testifying before Parliament’s ad hoc committee, which is investigating Mkhwanazi’s July 2025 allegations of underworld infiltration in the justice system and political interference.
Adams was one of the politicians, in subsequent testimony, whom Mkhwanazi accused of interfering in police matters by mishandling classified information after it was leaked.
Adams told the committee he rejected the allegations. He said the documents, outlining potential criminality, were delivered to him in envelopes left under his door.
“[Mkhwanazi] wants me in jail for reporting a crime. He prefers that I cover up a crime. I’m of the opinion that General Mkhwanazi is a constitutional delinquent, because our founding document makes zero provision for the classification of crime,” Adams told the
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