Madlanga Commission: Mogotsi expands claims on alleged Hawks “sting”

By Johnathan Paoli

The Madlanga Commission resumed on Tuesday afternoon with witness Brown Mogotsi delivering another sprawling narrative that sought to position himself as a covert Crime Intelligence (CI) “contact agent” while casting suspicion over senior police figures, former ministers and alleged international operatives.

His testimony, however, continued to draw pointed questions from evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson SC and commissioners, who flagged contradictions and gaps in his account.

Mogotsi began by reiterating that he had been tasked by an alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “handler” to investigate senior police figures, including Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo.

He said businessman and accused briber Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala had referred him to a “high-ranking police officer” who allegedly told him of a plan to engineer an adverse disciplinary finding against senior CI officer Feroz Khan.

Mogotsi claimed he obtained a warrant to record their conversation with