Mogotsi grilled over PKTT chaos

BROWN Mogotsi, a North West businessman and alleged information peddler, came under scrutiny yesterday for suggesting that suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu used a Constitutional Court ruling to charge Dumisani Khumalo, head of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), despite Khumalo not being implicated in the judgment.

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Mogotsi, who has been accused of leveraging his connections to Mchunu to influence police matters, was testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.

He was cross-examined about the court ruling he shared with Mchunu, with a message: "Now we got something proven by the court. This is the matter now which either (Shadrack) Sibiya or the Minister can charge Khumalo and apply Rule 9 of the disciplinary hearing."

Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, however, pointed out that the court judgment in question had nothing to do with either Khumalo or the PKTT, but events that took place in Cape Town.

Mogotsi admitted that he had not read the judgment and that he was told it was about the PKTT matter.

He was questioned about a series of WhatsApp messages he exchanged with controversial businessman Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala in December 2024. Mogotsi shared some screenshots of his conversations with Mchunu and Matlala.

In one message, Mchunu asked Mogotsi about a "breakthrough", which Mogotsi said referred to the community search for a Zama Zama kingpin who had escaped from police custody in Stilfontein during Operation Vala Umgodi.