Hearing record

Day 122

19 June 2026

Day 122, 19 June 2026. Suspended KZN Hawks provincial head Major General Lesetja Senona returned to the Madlanga Commission for a second round of evidence on the R200m Port Shepstone cocaine theft (~541kg, seized June 2021). Now represented by Advocate Dali Mpofu SC, Senona opened by accusing the commission of unfair treatment - Mpofu complained of a 'serial refusal' to share requested transcripts and questioned the cost and burden of recalling him over ground covered in his three-day January appearance. Under questioning by evidence leader Advocate Mahlape Sello SC, Senona said no security threats at the Port Shepstone office were ever reported to him, raised fears for his and his family's safety, and said he had been removed from his office 'like a dog' and hospitalised for two weeks. He disputed earlier testimony that he had subjected a junior officer to a polygraph over a stolen coffee machine. All allegations are untested.