By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission heard on Monday that evidence leaders want investigators to examine whether suspended Crime Intelligence senior officer Major-General Feroz Khan had any role in a 2021 burglary at the home of Daily Maverick journalist Marianne Thamm, after WhatsApp messages before the inquiry showed hostility towards her reporting.
Evidence leader advocate Adila Hassim stressed that no conclusive link had been established between the messages and the break-in, but said the sequence of events raised serious concerns about the possible misuse of Crime Intelligence resources.
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“What it shows is that there’s a willingness to use intelligence, Crime Intelligence capabilities, and Crime Intelligence resources for the purposes of using those resources against a journalist whose reporting you are not comfortable with. It’s not a lawful policing objective. It’s for the investigation of a journalist whose
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