By Johnathan Paoli
Sergeant Fannie Nkosi is not supposed to be one of the most consequential figures to emerge from the Madlanga Commission.
A non-commissioned officer in the Gauteng provincial division of the Organised Crime Unit, his role should, in theory, be confined to investigating criminal syndicates, not straddling them.
But after seven days of testimony, Nkosi has instead been cast by evidence leaders as a central intermediary in a network linking senior police leadership, alleged organised crime kingpins and politically connected businessmen.
Through his own admissions and the trail of WhatsApp messages, call records and financial transactions placed before the commission, Nkosi appears to have operated as a conduit of information, moving sensitive intelligence out of SAPS and into the hands of individuals under investigation.
The question confronting the
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