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Private investigator, Paul O’Sullivan testifies before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee.
Private investigator, Paul O’Sullivan, a witness before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee that is looking into concerns of national security, has denied that he has ever been involved in South Africa’s state security machinery.
O’Sullivan has assured Members of Parliament that, despite having a British passport among others, he has never been involved in any activities as a foreign agent.
He told MPs that he received permanent residency in South Africa in 1989. A year later, he became a police reservist.
The committee’s evidence leader, Advocate Norman Arendse, questioned whether O’Sullivan’s service as a police reservist and consequent training and involvement in police was of noble intention.
Arendse: Mr O’Sullivan is it your testimony that you have never been involved in state security before or after 94 when things started to change?
O’Sullivan: As God is my witness, never involved in security police, stating it again, under oath, never involved.
AD HOC COMMITTEE | Julius Malema asks Paul O’Sullivan if he was aware of killings in South Africa when he applied for citizenship. O’Sullivan says he applied in 1994, became a citizen in 1995, and knew what was happening but not the full details. pic.twitter.com/GXe4OIdtV2
— SABC News (@SABCNews) February 10, 2026
AD HOC COMMITTEE | Paul O’Sullivan says that in his 30s he decided he wanted to improve the lives of South Africans, specifically Black South Africans, as he felt that was the contribution he wanted to make. pic.twitter.com/w3gcPTpENm
— SABC News (@SABCNews) February 10, 2026
VIDEO | Paul O’Sullivan appears before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee:
