By Johnathan Paoli
Alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi came under sustained scrutiny on Tuesday as members of Parliament’s ad hoc committee questioned his claims that he had operated for years as a crime intelligence asset and informant within the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Making his first appearance before the committee — which is probing allegations of police interference and corruption — Mogotsi faced intense cross-examination over both his alleged intelligence role and a series of inflammatory public claims.
He was forced to apologise after falsely alleging that KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini were CIA spies, conceding that the claims were completely unfounded.
“I apologise to General Mkhwanazi and King Misuzulu for saying they were spies. I withdraw the claim that they were spies,” Mogotsi said.
Mogotsi also denied ever discussing the political killings task team’s disbandment with Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya or Police Minister Senzo
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