Suliman Carrim given 48 hours to arrange his appearance with Madlanga Commission

The National Intelligence Coordinating Committee (NICOC) has granted the Madlanga Commission access to certain intelligence documents for use during their open hearings. Dr. Ntandazo Sifolo, the Acting Coordinator of NICOC, has agreed to share declassified documents such as an intelligence brief and a document titled “Questionable Credibility of IDAC” with the commission.

These documents will be used to question Dr. Sifolo and other witnesses during public hearings, allowing the public to view them. However, there are still some documents that Dr. Sifolo has not released for the open hearings but can be utilized during in-camera hearings. This move follows the Madlanga Commission's directive to its evidence leaders to approach Dr. Sifolo regarding the potential inadmissibility of his documents in public hearings.

This decision came after media outlets, including Daily Maverick's Scorpio, amaBhungane, and News24, opposed a complete in-camera hearing for Dr. Sifolo's testimony, which initially relied on documents that were declassified for the commission's use.