By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission on Monday heard testimony from three witnesses whose accounts have cast doubt on earlier evidence about the December arrest of alleged underworld kingpin, murder-accused, and businessman, Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe.
Led by evidence leader Advocate Lee Segeels-Ncube, the morning’s proceedings focused on the alleged interference by Hawks and Gauteng Traffic Police officers at the scene of Molefe’s high-profile arrest in Sandhurst, Johannesburg, on 6 December.
What emerged was an often contradictory picture of confusion, overlapping authority, and questionable command decisions, all of which could undermine the credibility of previous testimony.
First to take the stand was Chief Provincial Inspector George Raftopoulous, a 35-year veteran of the Gauteng Traffic Police, who sought to clarify his department’s involvement in the takedown.
Raftopoulous said he was contacted by Captain Barry Kruger, who reported that bogus cops might be at the Molefe mansion.
“This was not the first time
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