Madlanga star witness sued for R100m over 'gossip'

'If they are suing me they are threatening a witness'

- By Bongani Mdakane

Parts of the testimony of Revo Spies, the erstwhile deputy chief of the Ekurhuleni metropolitan police (EMPD), have attracted a R100-million lawsuit from Calvin and Family Security Services (CFS), over his allegations that the company's vehicles were illegally fitted with blue lights.

Spies, who took early retirement from the city in January, told the Madlanga commission, probing allegations of misdemeanours in the high echelons of the police service and metro police, particularly the EMPD, that one of CFS's vehicles was illegally fitted with blue lights.

Spies, who had already left the service when the incident was allegedly discovered, told the commission that his former colleagues at the city had informed him about it.

CFS has taken umbrage at this, saying this amounts to nothing but defamatory “gossip” about the company and its director, Calvin Mathibeli.

To this end, CFS has challenged Spies to prove the allegations and launched proceedings for an R100-million lawsuit against him. In the letter, seen by Sunday World, the company wrote to Spies on November 14, demanding that he provide evidence for his allegations.