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Day 108

14 May 2026

Who testified

Subjects discussed

👤 Lieutenant-Colonel Nkoana Joseph Sebola (DPCI/Hawks)👤 Adv Thabang Pooe👤 Lieutenant Colonel Ludick👤 Major General Feroz Khan👤 Advocate Sesi Baloyi, SC👤 Tumelo Nku👤 Warrant Officer Boy Steve Phakula (SAPS National Intervention Unit)👤 Warrant Officer Vhelaphi Rikhotso

12 conflicts flagged on this day

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Same referent described as DPCI Hawks versus Crime Intelligence Hawks, distinct units that cannot both be true.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“He said DPCI Hawks.”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“he said Crime Intelligent Hawks.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Claim A says he told General Khan about the call; Claim B says he never had any contact with General Khan—cannot both be true.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I told him that he called me and informed me about the operation”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I never had any contact with General Khan”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Same events timed at ~2 in A but B explicitly rejects 2 and agrees with 12 o'clock; cannot both be true.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I remember everything was done at around 2”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“Not 2 o'clock. That is correct, Commissioner.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Same person's employer stated as shipping agent vs Scania; cannot both be her employer simultaneously.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Ludick“She is working for the shipping agent.”
Day 119Adv Segeels-Ncube“Jolene Wentzel at Scania”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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A says Nku doesn't know the police officers; B says Nku was acquainted with Mashaba, a police officer—cannot both be true.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“Nku and the rest of the police officers, they do not know each other”
Day 115Lieutenant Colonel Nkoana Joseph Sebola“Tumelo Nku and Samuel Mashaba were acquainted with one another”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-6e8a21f4662a
Same person's unit stated as two different named units (DPCI Hawks vs Crime Intelligence Hawks); cannot both be his unit.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“He said DPCI Hawks.”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“he said Crime Intelligent Hawks.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Cannot both have never contacted Khan and received a call from Khan; same entity, directly contradictory.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I never had any contact with General Khan”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I again received a call from General Khan who asked me if the member Warrant Officer Phakula informed about the operation”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Cannot both tell General Khan about the call and never interact with him.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I told him that he called me and informed me about the operation”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I never interacted with General Khan”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Claiming 'this was his operation' cannot coexist with saying he 'did not play any role' at the same scene.
Day 108Advocate Baloyi SC“one of them was Maluleke told me that this was his operation and that he was from the DPCI Pretoria”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“he was at the scene, but he said he did not play any role”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Receiving a call from General Khan is an interaction, directly contradicting the claim of never having interacted with him.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I again received a call from General Khan who asked me if the member Warrant Officer Phakula informed about the operation”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“I never interacted with General Khan”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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A says Ludick arrived after the phone call ended (alone/separately); B says he arrived together with Kadwa and Lewela—cannot both be true.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“Colonel Ludick then arrived immediately after he dropped his phone with General Khadwa and Brigadier Lewela.”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“he arrived together with General Kadwa and Brigadier Lewela.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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A says he arrived after dropping phone with them (so they were elsewhere/already present); B says they arrived together—cannot both be true.
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“Colonel Ludick then arrived immediately after he dropped his phone with General Khadwa and Brigadier Lewela.”
Day 108Lieutenant Colonel Sebola“They arrived together, but, after having arrived, because already at that time, they were, I requested the people not to be nearer the scene. They sto”

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