Exhibits

The objects of the Madlanga Commission

The strange, telling things named in testimony - catalogued, explained and linked back to the witnesses and cases they belong to. Illustrations, not evidence photos.

A cluster of rough purple sugilite gemstones on a neutral background - the Killarney precious stones described in Madlanga Commission testimony.

23 Jun 2026Loot & valuables

Killarney sugilite stones

The precious sugilite stones, valued at about R14.9 million, at the centre of Witness K's testimony.

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A clear plastic bag holding bundles of R200 South African banknotes - the cash bag described in Madlanga Commission evidence about Mike van Wyk.

22 Jun 2026Money & cash

Casino cash bag

The bag of R200 notes Mike van Wyk sent Cat Matlala, which he explained to the commission as casino winnings.

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A kilogram block stamped with a crown and the word Prestige on a neutral background - the branded bricks described as cocaine in Madlanga Commission evidence.

22 Jun 2026Drugs & contraband

'Prestige' bricks

The crown-stamped 'Prestige' kilogram bricks in the video forwarded to Mike van Wyk - forensically matched to cocaine.

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An old-fashioned heavy steel safe key on a neutral background - the Port Shepstone strong-room key described in Madlanga Commission testimony.

17 Jun 2026Objects & evidence

Port Shepstone safe key

The strong-room key Brigadier Nyuswa said General Senona took both copies of - central to the 'staged heist' question.

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Illustration of the long-haul Yellow Jersey Logistics truck that carried roughly 715kg of cocaine from Durban to the Scania warehouse in Aeroton, central to the Madlanga Commission's bungled-bust investigation.

14 Jun 2026Vehicles

Yellow Jersey truck

The logistics truck that carried roughly 715kg of cocaine from Durban to Aeroton - and the scene of Mashaba's disputed search.

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Plain unbranded illicit cigarettes representing the alleged Conalinks tobacco syndicate at the centre of the Madlanga Commission's Khan-Sayed investigation.

9 Jun 2026Contraband

Conalinks cigarettes

The unmarked cigarettes at the centre of the alleged Sayed-Khan tobacco syndicate.

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SAPS police-branded COVID face mask - the procurement item at the centre of Madlanga Commission allegations that Mohammed Sayed used Maj-Gen Feroz Khan's SAPS connections to seek a government supply contract.

9 Jun 2026Procurement

SAPS COVID mask

The government-contract item Sayed allegedly asked Khan to help procure during the COVID pandemic.

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Trained narcotics detection dogs, the Belgian Malinois named by Hawks officer Karl Sander - the drug-sniffer dogs he proposed funding with public donations after his Madlanga Commission testimony.

9 Jun 2026K9

Narcotic dogs

The drug-detection dogs Sander wanted the public's donations to fund.

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9 Jun 2026Property

Shipping container

The Durban-harbour shipping container at the heart of the smuggling, prematurely opened by rogue officers.

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A polygraph lie-detector machine of the kind Hawks investigator Karl Sander was subjected to over the missing cocaine - a test the Madlanga Commission heard was later found procedurally flawed.

9 Jun 2026Equipment

Polygraph machine

The lie-detector W/O Sander was subjected to over the missing cocaine - a test later found flawed.

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9 Jun 2026Equipment

Encrypted phone

A suspect's seized smartphone holding self-deleting 'Threema' chats and a Transnet manifest screenshot.

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A personal office coffee machine - the one Hawks investigator Warrant Officer Karl Sander told the Madlanga Commission was his 'only safe space' before it was stolen from the DPCI.

9 Jun 2026Property

Sander's coffee machine

The coffee machine stolen from a Hawks office, called by its owner his 'only safe space'.

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A breached Hawks walk-in safe and evidence store in Port Shepstone, with no working alarm, where the 541kg cocaine was kept before its theft - a scene examined by the Madlanga Commission.

9 Jun 2026Property

Port Shepstone evidence store

The Hawks walk-in safe where seized cocaine was kept, with no working alarm, before it was stolen.

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Bricks of cocaine from the roughly 715kg, R286m Aeroton warehouse haul intercepted in Johannesburg - the bungled bust examined by the Madlanga Commission, part of which later went missing.

9 Jun 2026Narcotics

Aeroton cocaine haul

About 715kg of cocaine, roughly R286m, intercepted at an Aeroton warehouse and partly lost.

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A black Woolworths shopping bag filled with cash banknotes - the 'money bag' described in Madlanga Commission testimony.

8 Jun 2026Money & cash

Woolworths money bag

The black Woolworths shopping bag a witness called his 'favourite' for moving cash.

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Stacked bricks of cocaine making up the 541kg, roughly R200m, Port Shepstone seizure at the heart of the Madlanga Commission's 'bust to heist' cocaine case.

8 Jun 2026Narcotics

541kg cocaine seizure

541kg of cocaine, about R200m, seized at Durban and later stolen from police custody.

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8 Jun 2026Equipment

Angle grinder

The power tool used to cut open the Port Shepstone safe in the weekend 'grinder heist'.

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8 Jun 2026Equipment

Blue lights

Emergency blue lights allegedly fitted to private vehicles - a marker of alleged cartel reach into metro policing.

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8 Jun 2026Vehicles

Red Kia Cerato

The vehicle a suspect drove to help load offloaded cocaine at the Aeroton scene.

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Twenty live impala antelope - the alleged gift to a senior police officer aired at the Madlanga Commission, a gift the officer denies ever receiving.

8 Jun 2026Gifts & inducements

The 20 impala

20 live impala a witness said were gifted to a top officer - a gift he denies.

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