By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission has postponed the return of KZN Hawks head Major-General Lesetja Senona to 1 June, after his legal team asked for more time to prepare and raised procedural objections to his summons.
Commission Chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga confirmed the ruling on Wednesday, following an application by evidence leader advocate Mahlape Sello, who said the request had been received earlier in the week.
“General Senona had been issued with a subpoena to appear on the 8th of May, which is Friday. On Monday we received a request from his attorneys for a postponement of his appearance from the 8th of May to a later date,” Sello said.
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Madlanga asked whether sufficient reasons had been provided by Senona’s legal team.
Sello said that while not all arguments were strong, key factors justified the delay.
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