A strange court allegation in Boksburg has become the entry point to a much wider story about power, protection and municipal accountability.
Pule Letshwiti-Jones tracks the latest Madlanga-linked fallout after fraud, corruption and defeating-the-ends-of-justice charges placed senior figures under scrutiny. At the centre is an alleged 2019 incident where someone is said to have appeared in court on behalf of another person, followed by claims that R400,000 was later paid to cover it up.
The story then moves into darker territory. Pule details a separate 2021 fatal crash allegation, where the family of the woman who died allegedly spent years in the dark, with questions around a missing docket and a withdrawn case still hanging heavily over the matter. The legal teams have denied the claims, and the allegations still have to be tested in court.
From there, the spotlight widens to Johannesburg, Tshwane and the commission itself. JMPD, fleet, licensing and security tenders may now face scrutiny, while a voice-recording claim raises fresh questions about political funding, procurement influence and tender access.
As the commission pushes toward new reports, one question keeps growing louder: how deep does the municipal rot go?
SA Explained with Pule Letshwiti-Jones
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