Madlanga questions ‘useless’ sick note as Andrea Johnson rushed to hospital

By Johnathan Paoli

Madlanga Commission chairman Mbuyiseli Madlanga has questioned the validity of the medical certificate submitted on behalf of Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Advocate Andrea Johnson after her scheduled appearance before the commission was postponed due to her sudden hospitalisation.

Johnson was due to testify on Monday in the ongoing probe into allegations involving IDAC.

Instead, commissioners were informed that she had been “rushed” to hospital on Monday morning and would be unavailable until at least Wednesday.

Although the commission accepted the postponement, Madlanga expressed frustration with the medical certificate placed before the inquiry, describing it as one of a number of certificates that provide virtually no useful information.

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“I notice that this is one of those medical certificates, the nature of which