By Johnathan Paoli
The high-stakes hearings of the Madlanga Commission will resume on Monday after a two-week adjournment — but without one of its key witnesses, Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo.
Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels confirmed that Khumalo would not testify and that the commission would hear an application for the testimonies to continue in camera.
“In view of the nature of the evidence to be presented when the hearings resume, the evidence leaders will apply for the hearings to be conducted in camera, in a closed session at which the media and members of the public will not be allowed. If the Commission grants the application, the hearings will then proceed in camera until further notice,” he said.
Khumalo’s absence has fueled growing speculation about his health and intensified intrigue around the corruption probe that has gripped the nation’s security establishment.
His testimony was abruptly halted on October 1
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