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Day 106

12 May 2026

Record: Official record ↗

Who testified

Subjects discussed

👤 Warrant Officer Marumo Joseph Magane👤 Mr Teboho Mosikili👤 Chief Samuel Mashaba👤 Advocate Sesi Baloyi, SC👤 Warrant Officer Boy Steve Phakula (SAPS National Intervention Unit)👤 Tumelo Nku👤 Ms Joleen Wentzel (Scania warehouse manager)🏛 Booysens SAPS

12 conflicts flagged on this day

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-29d72b407757
Boksburg North case complainant
Same complainant: one says he was hijacked at a spot, the other says he was never hijacked—mutually exclusive.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“you get a complainant saying that he was hijacked at a certain spot”
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“you find that that person was never hijacked”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-3064caec9da4
Warrant Officer Boy Steve Phakula
A says only Phakula called; B lists multiple SAPS officials (Magane, Khan, Sebola, Kadwa) also calling—cannot both be true.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“it was still Phakula”
Day 119Adv Baloyi SC“Magane has called, Phakula has called, well somebody has called Khan, somebody has called Sebola, someone has called Kadwa, all of them SAPS officials”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-70413febb4c1
Warrant Officer Marumo Joseph Magane
Same officer, same action of creating a cordon: one says it was not done, the other says it was done with Booysens' help.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“That was not done”
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“With the assistance of the Booysens”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-a0122937e216
Sergeant Maja
Claim A explicitly denies Metropolitan K9 affiliation, asserting SAPS instead; Claim B asserts the Metropolitan Dog Unit—mutually exclusive employers.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“Sergeant Maja is not from Ekurhuleni Metropolitan K9. He is from SAPS, SAPS Ekurhuleni K9”
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“Sergeant Maja from Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Department Dog Unit”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Warrant Officer Marumo Joseph Magane
A says cordon not created before Booysens; B says cordon created with Booysens's assistance—same cordon, incompatible.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“No, that was not done”
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“With the assistance of the Booysens”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-e34f6fee8233
Tumelo Nku
Both claims concern same person's status as informer; one affirms, one denies—cannot both be true.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“he is an informer”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-13413fa3cf47
Ms Joleen Wentzel
Two different stated charges for the same arrest of the same person cannot both be the basis simultaneously.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“under arrest for dealing in drugs possession...”
Day 106Jolene Wentzel (Koekemoer)“He was arresting me for receiving the goods”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-477653555d85
Sergeant Maja
Same person claimed to belong to two different, mutually exclusive units simultaneously: Drug Unit vs K9 at Ekurhuleni
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“He is actually on the Drug Unit”
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“he belongs to K9 at Ekurhuleni”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-74340044d42e
Warrant Officer Boy Steve Phakula
Same person at issue cannot be both available to assist and busy; directly opposed states.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“he said he was available to assist”
Day 106Advocate Khumalo SC“who said he was busy”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-a0122937e216
Sergeant Maja
Claim B explicitly denies Metropolitan K9 and asserts SAPS; same person, same time, mutually exclusive employers.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“Sergeant Maja from Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Department Dog Unit”
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“Sergeant Maja is not from Ekurhuleni Metropolitan K9. He is from SAPS, SAPS Ekurhuleni K9”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-a717645ed273
Crime scene at Omni Park, Aeroton Drive
Same scene described as both not properly managed and under control—directly opposing assessments of scene handling.
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“the scene was not properly managed.”
Day 107Warrant Officer Phakula“the scene was under control”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-ff18d6f34172
Warrant Officer Marumo Joseph Magane
A characterizes crime-scene work as incidental/peripheral; B claims active effort to preserve and prevent contamination, contradicting that framing.
Day 106Chairperson“doing anything regarding crime scenes is incidental”
Day 106Warrant Officer Magane“I tried my level best to preserve and make sure that the scene is not contaminated until a warrant officer and other members arrive”

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