Controversial political fixer Brown Mogotsi will appear in person at parliament ad-hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption in the police sector on Tuesday.
Mokgosi’s surprise appearance follows months of delays, where he made several demands to the committee, demanding that parliament must pay for his security detail, whilst in Cape Town.
His scheduled appearance was announced by the committee’s evidence leader, Advocate Norman Arendse, during the committee meeting on Monday.
“He’s arriving this afternoon by 14:30. He’ll be appearing in person tomorrow (Tuesday). You would have notice that we didn’t provide a statement up to date, because of continues difficulties contacting Mogotsi, including for the course of last week,” said Arendse.
Mogotsi is accused of having controversial links with suspended police minister, Senzo Mchunu, and of influencing him to disband Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), and of leaking confidential information to alleged criminal kingpin, Vusimuzi Cat Matlala, among others.
Arendse also announced that Mogotsi was scheduled to appear before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, but had to reach an agreement with the commission, to allow Mogotsi to avail himself at the committee.
“He sent to us a letter that he received from the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry requiring his attendance from 23rd February until 27th February, which was a direct clash with us. In discussions with evidence leader of Madlanga, we resolve the issue and we agreed that he’ll appear there on the 2nd of March,” explained Arendse.
Furthermore, he highlighted that there was a delay to finalise Mogotsi’s statement, due to difficulties contacting him, which might inconvenience in his testimony.
Meanwhile, the committee has drafted 122 questions to President Cyril Ramaphosa, related to the workings of the PKTT and his knowledge about its disbandment.
The questions emanate from the evidence given by Mchunu, that he informed the president about his decision to disband the PKTT, adding that the president “agreed to his decision.”
Some of the drafted questions includes “what objective did the president seek to accomplish in establishing the PKTT, how often did the PKTT or SAPS brief the president, and was the president satisfied with the performance of the PKTT prior to its disbandment.”
