Day 142

17 July 2026

Who testified

Warrant Officer Mpangase431 claims
Adv Sikhakhane128 claims

Subjects discussed

👤 Warrant Officer Mpangase👤 Lt-Col (now Col) Gavin Jacob👤 Suliman Carim👤 Lieutenant-Colonel Justice Jabulani Duma (SAPS Crime Intelligence)👤 Sergeant Mkhize👤 Warrant Officer Perumal🏛 South African Police Service🏛 South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB)

7 conflicts flagged on this day

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

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Lt-Col

Same instruction from Jacob to Mpangase but different stated destinations: Port Shepstone vs the lab, cannot both be true.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“I was instructed by Colonel Jacob that we should book the out and transport them to Port Shepstone.”

Day 142Warrant Officer Mbongeleni Felix Simangaliso Mpang“Jacob told me that we are going to take them out and transport them to the lab”

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

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Sergeant Mkhize

A says Mkhize was observing; B says he did not observe the search. Same entity, same activity, cannot both be true.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“They were just around there observing, while we were working.”

Day 142Adv Baloyi SC“they were not part of and did not observe the search.”

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

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Lt-Col

Same person, same decision to transport exhibits to Isipingo: one denies taking it, other affirms taking it.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mbongeleni Felix Simangaliso Mpang“No, it is not so.”

Day 142Adv Sikhakhane“Jacob has come and said, he took that decision.”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Warrant Officer Mpangase

A says he never accepted the role; B implies he was doing it and would stop, requiring prior acceptance—incompatible.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“he did appoint me to be an investigating officer, but I did not accept it”

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“I had already spoken to Jacob that I was no longer going to carry on being an investigating officer”

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

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Lt-Col

Claim A denies Jacob took the decision to transport exhibits; Claim B affirms he took it. Same entity, same act—cannot both be true.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mbongeleni Felix Simangaliso Mpang“No, it is not so.”

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“He is the one who took the decision.”

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

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Warrant Officer Mpangase

A asserts the entry's reason was Jacob's decision; B asserts that reason was not true—directly contradictory about same entry.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mbongeleni Felix Simangaliso Mpang“That would be the reason for me to enter this entry. No other reason.”

Day 142Adv Baloyi SC“when that was not true”

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited

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Warrant Officer Mpangase

Instructed to keep inquiry until return, but instead gave it to Sibiya—directly contradictory dispositions of same inquiry.

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“he said I should keep that inquiry until he returns”

Day 142Warrant Officer Mpangase“I gave it to Sibiya because I had already spoken to Jacob that I was no longer going to carry on being an investigating officer”

Claims from this day

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