By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission ruled on Monday that the remainder of “Witness G’s” testimony will be heard fully in camera, barring the public and media from accessing the witness’s evidence, after finding it “impractical” to continue with a partially open hearing.
The Commission chairman, former Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, announced the decision following mounting difficulties during the witness’s evidence, including their refusal to read key portions of their statement into the public record due to fears of identification and security risks.
“We find that it is impractical for us to have parts of Witness G’s testimony public. Everything now has to be fully in camera. If we were not to proceed that way, we would have to have stop starts, stop starts again with Witness G’s testimony and that is obviously not desirable,” Madlanga said.
He said that the commission’s earlier order allowing for a hybrid hearing would have
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