Day 112

3 June 2026

Who testified

Colonel Jacob980 claims
Sergeant Govender9 claims

Subjects discussed

👤 Lt-Col (now Col) Gavin Jacob👤 Warrant Officer Mpangase🏛 SARS customs👤 Maj-Gen Hendrik Frans Flynn👤 Sergeant Govender🏛 Border Policing👤 Warrant Officer Setshedi🏛 DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions)

9 conflicts flagged on this day

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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Lt-Col

A denies anything untoward while B admits partial neglect on his part; both cannot be true of same conduct.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“Nothing.”

Day 112Colonel Jacob“it is partially neglect on my part”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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CHC container, 14 Avenue East, Durban Harbour

Claim A places CHC depot at Isipingo Prospecton, Claim B places it within the harbour area; these are different locations.

Day 112Advocate Sello SC“CHC depot Isipingo Prospecton”

Day 113Adv Sello SC“the CHC Depot is within the harbour area”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Lt-Col

Same person, same investigation: 'no active role' cannot coexist with being present throughout 'from A to Z' from inception.

Day 113Colonel Jacob“I had no active role in this investigation.”

Day 112Colonel Jacob“I was there from the inception from A to Z”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Forensic Science Laboratory

A requires analysis report before destruction; B allows destruction without analysis when investigations finalized—directly contradictory conditions.

Day 112Colonel Jacob“It is only when an analysis report is received from the FSL can exhibits be destroyed, more especially for matters under investigation.”

Day 112Colonel Jacob“In matters where investigations are finalized, exhibits may be destroyed or disposed of by the FSL without being analysed.”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness

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Lt-Col

A says Nyuswa called Jacob; B says Jacob called Nyuswa—opposite directions of the same call, cannot both be true.

Day 112Colonel Jacob“On 8 November 2021, I was called by Brigadier Nyuswa”

Day 120Brigadier Nyuswa“Jacob called me from Isipingo. It was after noon, maybe from 12 onwards.”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Lt-Col

A denies being privy to the engagement process; B claims full presence from inception to end—cannot both be true of same involvement.

Day 113Colonel Jacob“that whole engagement step, you know, I was not really privy to”

Day 112Colonel Jacob“I was there from the inception from A to Z”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Lieutenant-Colonel Justice Jabulani Duma

Same referent (27 of cocaine in container): pieces/units vs kilograms are incompatible unit descriptions of same quantity.

Day 112Colonel Jacob“He informed us that there were alleged to be 27 pieces or units of Cocaine in a container number BEAU5955535”

Day 112Colonel Jacob“it is only then that he told us it was 27 kilograms, Commissioner”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Forensic Science Laboratory

A says destruction requires analysis report; B says destruction allowed without analysis when investigations finalized—directly opposing conditions.

Day 112Colonel Jacob“It is only when an analysis report is received from the FSL can exhibits be destroyed, more especially for matters under investigation.”

Day 112Colonel Jacob“In matters where investigations are finalized, exhibits may be destroyed or disposed of by the FSL without being analysed.”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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National Instruction 8/2017

A requires sealing upon entering SAP13 register; B requires sealing at the scene—different times/locations for the same sealing act.

Day 112Colonel Jacob“it says that drugs need to be sealed in an exhibit bag upon entering into the SAP13”

Day 112Colonel Jacob“It needs to be sealed at the scene in exhibit bags”

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