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Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga (Centre) chairs the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System in Pretoria on January 29, 2026.
Businessman Suliman Carrim is set to take the Madlanga Commission to court tomorrow in an urgent bid to stop the commission from subpoenaing him to appear before it.
In papers filed before the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, Carrim urgently seeks the interdict against the commission pending part B of his application. It seeks to review and set aside the decision of the commission to deem him a witness on the basis that he is an “implicated person” until the commission complies with what he describes, as “principle of natural justice to protect the right afforded to him”.
Carrim was implicated in testimony relating to alleged cartel member, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.
It accuses Carrim of leaking sensitive SAPS information to Matlala.
Carrim was also accused of using his political influence to assist Matlala.
The Madlanga Commission will be opposing the application.
Meanwwhile, ballistic expert Captain Laurance Makgotloe has accused an investigating officer in the Armand Swart murder case of kidnapping, in his testimony before the Madlanga commission.
The officer earlier testified before the commission as Witness B.
Makgotloe says Witness B wanted him to make a correction on the Swart forensic report.
Witness B previously testified that Makgotloe’s report on Swart’s murder had many errors which had the potential of delaying prosecution.
Makgotloe, whose evidence was led by Adv Teboho Mosikili, told the commission that he was kidnapped at the SAPS Silverton premises in Tshwane.
