Madlanga: Brown Mogotsi a 'professional liar'

Commissioners at the Madlanga inquiry into police corruption this week said the testimony of North West businessman Brown Mogotsi was suspect.

- Nkateko Joseph Mabasa

Clown: Brown Mogotsi's testimony at the Madlanga commission has raised more questions than answers. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

(Delwyn Verasamy)

"We should be concerned that you may be using this platform, at least to some extent, to make allegations that you are not backing up," Commissioner Sesi Baloyi said.

Commission chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga said he had "fundamental problems" with Mogotsi's unsubstantiated testimony, while evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson called Mogotsi "a professional liar".

"An oath is meaningless to you and I have no reason to believe the one you took here means anything to you," Madlanga said.

Mogotsi, believed to be a middleman between suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu and murder accused and alleged leader of the Big Five cartel Vusimuzi Cat Matlala, testified at the start of phase two of the commission where those implicated in corruption in the criminal justice system will respond.

He accused KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Zulu king Misizulu of being CIA spies due to their association with United States universities, admitting that this was "hearsay" but instisting his source was credible.