Witness
Suspended sergeant, Gauteng organised crime unit, SAPS · Gauteng
Testified · suspended · in custody
A suspended sergeant from the Gauteng organised crime unit who occupies an unusual position on this commission's record: much of what has been alleged against senior officers comes from him, and a good deal of what has been alleged about the police being used as cover comes from messages that name him. The commission's own record for Day 78, Monday 16 March 2026, identifies him as the witness it calls Witness F, and he gave evidence over six sitting days from 16 to 23 March 2026, including days of cross-examination. His evidence is the source of the gifts allegation against suspended deputy national commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya: he told the commission that Sibiya raised no objection to gifts from alleged cartel figure Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, including 20 live impala said to have been delivered to Sibiya's farm in March 2024, and that Sibiya pressured him to share a warrant of arrest for the blogger Musa Khawula with Matlala. Sibiya denies both. He also named the taxi operator Madoda 'Joe Ferrari' Sibanyoni as one of a 'group of five' businessmen, an allegation Sibanyoni answered on Day 169 and rejected. His own phone traffic has been led at length. On Day 161, 18 August 2026, chief evidence leader Advocate Matthew Chaskalson SC led January 2023 WhatsApp material recovered from the phone of the late taxi boss Jotham 'King Mswazi' Msibi, on which Nkosi is named with Msibi, murder-accused businessman Katiso 'KT' Molefe and security businessman Steve Motsumi as alleged parties to a plan to buy an IMSI catcher, a 'grabber' capable of covertly intercepting cellphone traffic, from a supplier in the Czech Republic on the representation that the purchaser was the South African Police Service, and then to resell it in eSwatini; Nkosi is alleged to have applied SAPS stamps to the paperwork that made a private purchase read as a police one. He has not answered that allegation before the commission. On Days 93 and 94, 20 and 21 April 2026, his WhatsApp exchanges with suspended Tshwane chief financial officer Gareth Mnisi were put to Mnisi under cross-examination. On Day 167 Matlala told the commission that Nkosi collected cash on Sibiya's behalf but refused to name names, saying he did not want to incriminate himself. Per eNCA the commission recommended that disciplinary action be taken against both Sibiya and Nkosi. Nothing on this page is a finding. Every allegation he makes about other people and every allegation other people make about him is untested, he has not been convicted of anything, and he and everyone named here are presumed innocent.
This profile summarises testimony and evidence given on the public record before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. It restates allegations as presented at the hearings and is not a finding of guilt, liability, or wrongdoing by any person.
Their role
The commission's own description of Day 78, 16 March 2026, reads that it continued to hear testimony by 'a Gauteng organised crimes unit member Sgt Fannie Nkosi (Witness F)'. That identification comes from the official archive, not from this one. He gave evidence on Days 78 to 83, 16 to 23 March 2026.
He told the commission in March 2026 that Sibiya raised no objection to gifts from Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, among them 20 live impala said to have been delivered to Sibiya's farm in March 2024. Per the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE the impalas and the money now appear as counts on Sibiya's SAPS disciplinary charge sheet. Sibiya denies the allegations and is presumed innocent.
He testified that Sibiya pressured him to share a warrant of arrest containing the personal information of the blogger Musa Khawula with Matlala. Per SABC News, Sibiya denied instructing Witness F to share that warrant, saying Khawula already had warrants issued against him. Untested on both sides.
On the January 2023 WhatsApp material from the late Jotham Msibi's phone, led on Day 161, Nkosi is named with Msibi, Katiso 'KT' Molefe and Steve Motsumi as an alleged party to a plan to acquire an IMSI catcher from a Czech supplier on the representation that the buyer was the SAPS, and to resell it in eSwatini. He is alleged to have applied SAPS stamps to the paperwork. That allegation was led five months after his evidence closed and he has not answered it before the commission. Untested; he is presumed innocent.
Per the Daily Maverick and Business Day, Matlala told the commission on Day 167 that Nkosi collected cash for Sibiya, but refused to name names, saying he did not want to incriminate himself while recordings were under investigation. Untested; everyone named is presumed innocent.
Per eNCA, this commission recommended that disciplinary action be taken against Sibiya and against Nkosi. A recommendation is not a finding of guilt and no outcome of any internal process against him is on this record.
Alongside his evidence here, Nkosi faces his own prosecution. Per Eyewitness News he appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Thursday 15 October 2026 and the matter was remanded to 5 November 2026 for the outcome of written representations his defence has made to the National Prosecuting Authority, asking that the charges be reviewed, reduced or withdrawn. The prosecutor, Tholoana Sekhonyana, told the court 'The matter is on the roll for outcome of representations' and that 'The State is requesting that this matter be remanded to the 5th of November 2026'. The charges on that roll are theft, fraud and defeating the ends of justice, and he remains in custody. The case began with a search of his Pretoria home on 2 April 2026: per the Mail and Guardian and News24 the task team reported finding firearms, ammunition, a stun grenade, SAPS dockets and other state-issued items on the premises, along with more than R50,000 in cash concealed beneath a mattress. He was denied bail in April 2026, the magistrate holding that he had not discharged the onus of showing his release would be in the public interest, and per the reporting his bail appeal was dismissed in the North Gauteng High Court on 3 June 2026. None of it has been tested at a trial, representations to the NPA are a request and not an outcome, he has not pleaded, no court has convicted him, and he is presumed innocent. This commission has made no finding about him.
On the stand
Connections
Businessman, described in reporting as a socialite
Per News24, IOL and the Mail and Guardian, the call played at Sibiya's bail hearing on 13 October 2026 carries Cabonge saying of Sibiya and Matlala that 'They have been doing things, both of them, via Fannie Nkosi'. Nkosi has given evidence before this commission but has not answered this claim, which was made about him on a private recording by a man who has not testified here. Untested; both presumed innocent.
View profile →The senior officer he gave evidence againstFormer Deputy National Commissioner of Police (Crime Detection); resigned from the South African Police Service on 12 October 2026
Nkosi's March 2026 evidence is the origin of the gifts allegation against Sibiya, including the 20 live impala said to have reached Sibiya's farm in March 2024, and of the allegation that Sibiya pressured him to share Musa Khawula's warrant of arrest with Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala. Sibiya denies both, and per The Citizen Nkosi called Sibiya's account of their dealings false. Two counts on Sibiya's SAPS disciplinary charge sheet concern Nkosi directly: sharing confidential information with him without authorisation, and allegedly promising him a promotion or a placement in a narcotics project. All of it is untested and both men are presumed innocent.
View profile →Alleged conduit for his gifts and his cashBusinessman; alleged 'Big Five' cartel figure
Nkosi's evidence describes gifts moving from Matlala to a senior officer, and on Day 167 Matlala told the commission in turn that Nkosi collected cash for Sibiya while refusing to name names. Each names the other in a different direction; neither account has been tested and both men are presumed innocent.
View profile →The taxi boss he named in a 'group of five'Taxi owner; president, South African Local and Long Distance Taxi and Bus Organisation
Nkosi told the commission that Sibanyoni was one of a 'group of five' businessmen, the thread that ties Sibanyoni to the network Crime Intelligence calls the Big Five. Sibanyoni answered it himself on Day 169 and rejected it, describing Nkosi as 'a social acquaintance, a mover and a shaker'. Untested; both are presumed innocent.
View profile →Alleged counterpart on the 'grabber' planBusinessman; named in testimony as an alleged Big Five figure
Both are named on the January 2023 messages from the late Jotham Msibi's phone led on Day 161, as alleged parties to a plan to buy an IMSI catcher from a Czech supplier on the representation that the purchaser was the SAPS. Neither has answered it before the commission; untested, both presumed innocent.
View profile →Alleged counterpart on the 'grabber' planSecurity company owner; named in evidence alongside the late Jotham Msibi
Named together on the same Day 161 WhatsApp material, with Nkosi alleged to have applied the SAPS stamps to the procurement paperwork and Motsumi alleged to have been party to the purchase and resale. Untested; both presumed innocent.
View profile →The dead taxi boss whose phone names himTaxi boss and security company owner (deceased); named in evidence as a former 'Big Five' figure
The 'grabber' allegation against Nkosi comes off Msibi's own phone, recovered after his death in January 2024 and led on Day 161. Msibi cannot answer any of it, and the allegation against Nkosi is untested.
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