Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission on Friday afternoon heard allegations that suspended deputy Crime Intelligence boss Major-General Feroz Khan helped businessmen access government tenders and exchanged hostile messages about journalists reporting on corruption and the illicit tobacco trade.
Khan was absent from proceedings while evidence was being led. He is still in the hospital after an alleged failed hit on his life on Sunday night.
Evidence leader Adila Hassim spent much of the afternoon leading evidence from WhatsApp conversations recovered from Khan’s phones, telling commissioners the messages revealed “a pattern of conduct” centred on financial benefit through government procurement.
Among the conversations examined were exchanges between Khan and businessman Mohammed “Mo” Sayed — founder of Carnilinx Tobacco — relating to proposed warehouse leases, National Treasury opportunities and COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts.
“I took you through some detail on this because it shows a pattern of conduct, and the
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