Adams’s truthfulness will be tested by Parly or Commission: Baloyi

Commissioner Sesi Baloyi of the Madlanga Commission has put National Coloured Congress Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams on notice that either Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee or the Commission would need to determine that he lied under oath regarding his testimony about his interactions with the Inspector-General of Intelligence (IGI).

During an appearance before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, Adams claimed that IGI Imtiaz Fazel had personally contacted him about a complaint pertaining to Crime Intelligence officials. However, in a statement before the Madlanga Commission, Adams stated that he had been contacted by a staff member from the IGI’s office, not by Fazel directly.

Commissioner Baloyi is questioning the validity of Adams' explanations, emphasizing the gravity of the discrepancies in his testimony. She asked, "One of these two institutions must hold you to have lied under oath. You accept that?" Adams acknowledged his mistake before the Ad Hoc Committee, admitting to making a genuine, foolish error, and expressed no interest in downplaying his mistake further.