Overview
- Advocate Peter Serunye told the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday that he now believes he was 'set up' in the investigation that led to the 2025 arrests of senior Crime Intelligence officers.
- Serunye said the probe and enrolment were rushed, argued six months was not enough to complete a complex investigation, and told the commission he had warned former IDAC head Andrea Johnson by email that the available material showed fraud but not corruption.
- He confirmed he recused himself after recognising accused Major General Josias Lekalakala as a childhood friend and submitted a formal memorandum to IDAC declaring the conflict.
- Serunye suggested junior prosecutor Joy Hlatshwayo may also have been unwittingly drawn into the case, and his testimony has sharpened the commission's focus on whether prosecutors were misled when cases were authorised.
- The Madlanga Commission continues to examine authorisation and prosecutorial conduct, a probe that could affect pending prosecutions, IDAC's credibility, and calls for institutional reform while the presidency waits for the inquiry's findings.