Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC

Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC is a senior counsel who appeared before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, where he conducted cross-examination and re-examination of witnesses, including the Minister of Police. During his questioning, he pressed witnesses on whether certain factors were genuinely taken into account in decision-making, and he raised concerns about references to a political task team and Fort Hare University. Ngcukaitobi also gave personal testimony describing his own arrest and detention, recounting being handcuffed and placed in a police jet with members of the PKTT and National Intervention Unit, being held at Mdantsane Police Station, and facing humiliation from officers. His re-examination drew objections from Adv Sello SC, who argued that Ngcukaitobi had strayed beyond the agreed parameters of questioning.