By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission has continued to express deep scepticism about Durban Hawks Lieutenant Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya’s version of events surrounding the controversial 541kg cocaine seizure, with commissioners questioning the reliability of his evidence and whether parts of his account were created after the fact.
Sibiya, a Hawks officer attached to the Serious Organised Crime Investigation’s Narcotics Unit in KwaZulu-Natal, concluded his testimony on Friday after sustained questioning about his role in the June 2021 operation and the subsequent handling of the cocaine consignment.
Commissioner Sesi Baloyi suggested aspects of Sibiya’s evidence appeared contrived and lacked credibility.
“I want to put it to you, that you may have been unwittingly or unknowingly participating in appearances of an investigation because it just does not make sense that the SAPS will take three people, a senior colonel, two warrant officers, one of whom this is not his everyday job, to
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