Witness D from the Madlanga Commission shot dead in front of family
The Madlanga Commission witness gunned down in front of his wife and children on Friday night has been identified as Witness D.
National South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed that police were alerted to a shooting in Brenthurst, in Brakpan, late on Friday.
Three weeks ago, witness D implicated Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi in wrongdoing, claiming that Mkhwanazi ordered him to cover up a murder of a suspect at the hands of EMPD and SAPS officers.
Witness D’s testimony was not on camera.
IOL reported that the ordeal began on April 15, 2022, when security firm boss Kobus Janse van Rensburg repeatedly phoned him about joining a joint operation at the home of a Brakpan robbery suspect.
Witness D told the Commission that Mkhwanazi ordered that the deceased suspect’s body be dumped, either in a mineshaft or in a dam.
Witness D further added that he complied out of fear, thinking he would be killed.
He said he put the suspect’s body in a van and dumped it in a dam in Nigel.
IOL