Gauteng High Court Dismisses Suliman Carrim’s Bid to Block Madlanga Commission Subpoena
- Suliman Carrim was subpoenaed by the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, which is probing corruption in the criminal justice system
- The businessman approached the Gauteng High Court to interdict his scheduled appearance before the Commission
- The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has now delivered its verdict on Carrim's urgent application
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GAUTENG – African National Congress member, Suliman Carrim, will have to appear before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.
The businessman was subpoenaed to appear before the commission, which is probing allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system. The allegations were made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner.
General Mkhwanazi alleged that the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) was disbanded by Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu to benefit criminal cartels operating in the country. Carrim, whose name has been mentioned several times before the commission, sought to prevent his scheduled appearance on 6 February 2026 by approaching the court and getting an interdict against the commission.
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Carrim’s application was struck off the roll
On 5 February 2026, the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg struck Carrim’s application off the roll, with costs.
Carrim approached the court with an urgent bid to halt the Commission from subpoenaing him to appear before it on 6 February 2026. In his court papers, he argued that the decision to classify him as a witness should be reviewed and set aside.
Carrim’s name has been mentioned before the committee several times, with allegations made about his ties to alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. The decision was welcomed by the commission, which previously described his attempt to evade testifying as a ‘manifest abuse of process’.
Witness F attempts to stop testimony as well
Carrim's urgent court application inspired another witness to attempt to get the court involved. Witness F, who was previously identified as a police officer, applied for an urgent application to have his testimony interdicted.
His lawyer, Hartley Ngoato, complained that his client was named in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s list of names of individuals who should be investigated further. Ngoato argued that his client had yet to appear before the commissioners but was already named in the recommendations emanating from the commission.
His court application was filed days after the Commission initially granted him a postponement so that he could prepare for his testimony. Witness F was accused of being a link between Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya and Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala.
Brown Mogotsi's chats with Matlala exposed
Briefly News reported that another North West businessman was also alleged to be communicating with Matlala via WhatsApp.
The head of Crime Intelligence, General Dumisani Khumalo, presented WhatsApp messages from controversial businessman Brown Mogotsi.
The messages showed that Mogotsi confirmed to Matlala that the Political Killings Task Team, which had been harassing Matlala, had been disbanded.
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