Taxi boss ‘tortured’ into false confession

By Simon Nare

The Nkabinde Inquiry heard testimony from KwaMaphumulo Taxi Association chairperson Siphamandla Mhlongo on Monday, alleging that members of the long-disbanded Cato Manor organised crime unit unlawfully arrested and tortured him into confessing to the killing of a police officer.

The inquiry is investigating whether the South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke, is fit to hold office. Chauke allegedly acted outside his jurisdiction in Cato Manor unit prosecutions.

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Mhlongo told the inquiry he was “picked up” and handcuffed at a taxi rank, assaulted in public and then taken to Cato Manor police station. He said he initially thought some of the men apprehending him were from the national intelligence unit, but later realised they were from Cato Manor.

The inquiry, chaired by retired constitutional court justice Bess Nkabinde, has