Paul O'Sullivan Details 4 Interactions With IDAC After Name Emerges at Madlanga Commission

• Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan responded after his name surfaced at the Madlanga Commission in connection with the anti-corruption unit IDAC
• O'Sullivan outlined four separate dealings with IDAC through confidential correspondence sent to the commission and the NPA
• The interactions ranged from death squad allegations in KwaZulu-Natal to a corruption complaint involving police officials in Mpumalanga

SOUTH AFRICA — Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has provided a detailed account of four interactions he had with the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), after his name was raised during proceedings at the Madlanga Commission in connection with allegations that he may have sought to influence the unit.

Confidential correspondence, marked "strictly private and confidential" ,seen ad reported by Sunday World, was allegedly exchanged between O'Sullivan's representatives, the Madlanga Commission's legal team, and the National Prosecuting Authority. O'Sullivan maintained throughout that he had "never solicited information from IDAC, other than through a formal legal process."

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The 4 interactions O'Sullivan described

The first interaction involved an informant who approached O'Sullivan's organisation, Forensics for Justice, with information about alleged death squads operating in KwaZulu-Natal. The matter did not advance after the source failed to produce sufficient evidence and subsequently became unreachable.

The second involved allegations that National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi had received Louis Vuitton bags from a corrupt police supplier. O'Sullivan's legal team served a subpoena on IDAC to obtain related information.

The correspondence noted that these allegations had already been placed before the Madlanga Commission and were not new, and indicated that a sworn statement by Brigadier Ras was expected to be submitted as evidence.

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Section 27 complaint on corrpution of police officials

A third interaction concerned O'Sullivan's efforts to locate a sworn statement by Humbulani Khuba. He initially believed the document was held by IDAC, but later retrieved it directly from former Independent Police Investigative Directorate head Robert McBride before submitting it to the commission.

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The fourth matter related to a Section 27 complaint filed in November 2025 concerning alleged corruption by police officials in Mpumalanga. IDAC referred the complaint to the Hawks. A police captain implicated in that complaint has since been dismissed and faces corruption charges while awaiting trial.

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Briefly News reported that Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has put Parliament on notice over what he says is an unjustified failure to reimburse expenses he incurred when he testified before the Ad Hoc Committee earlier this year. O’Sullivan appeared before the Committee, which was probing allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption within the criminal justice system, in February and March 2026.

Source: Briefly News