Two Hawks officers accuse IDAC head Andrea Johnson of leaking confidential information

By Johnathan Paoli

Two Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (Hawks) officers have accused Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Andrea Johnson of interfering in a criminal investigation by allegedly providing a suspect with confidential docket information and later contacting witnesses linked to the case.

Testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Friday, retired Hawks Colonel Kobus Roelofse and Captain Mark McLean both testified that Johnson’s actions in relation to a 2018 criminal complaint by Brigadier Leonara Phetle against suspended Gauteng Crime Intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan amounted to interference in an investigation and defeating the ends of justice.

Roelofse’s evidence centred on a protected disclosure made in 2022 by a Crime Intelligence colonel who said she had shared an office with Khan in 2018.

“The Colonel had essentially disclosed to us that General Khan was given the contents of the criminal complaint against him when he was not