Overview

• Lt‑Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi testified that Brown Mogotsi sent him a screenshot from the Empangeni SAPS occurrence book, indicating unlawful access to police records.
• Mkhwanazi said he confirmed with Cedrick Nkabinde, the minister’s chief of staff, that Mogotsi was a close associate of suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.
• He alleged MP Fadiel Adams accessed crime‑intelligence material without authorization and then publicized the sensitive information.
• Mkhwanazi described communications in which Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala asked Suleiman Kareem to engage the minister to stop the cancellation of a R360 million SAPS contract.
• Mchunu has denied ties to Mogotsi, saying he was only a comrade, as the inquiry examines decisions affecting the political killings task team.