{
  "id": 1904282,
  "title": "‘I’m about to get whipped by Judge Madlanga again’ – Tough start to Fadiel Adams’ testimony",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/im-about-to-get-whipped-by-judge-madlanga-again-tough-start-to-fadiel",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:30:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/fadiel-adams-admits-he-was-untruthful/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fadiel Adams, a suspended member of parliament and leader of the National Coloured Congress, faced a challenging start to his testimony before the Madlanga commission. Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga, chairperson of the commission, scrutinized Adams over his previous statements regarding emails and correspondence. Adams acknowledged the confusion surrounding his earlier claims, admitting that he had been referring to follow-up emails rather than the initial Rule 3 notice. He apologized for his mistakes and admitted to seeing the Rule 3 notice only three months after it was sent, which contradicted his earlier claim of receiving it three months ago. Adams also expressed frustration over not having enough time to review the documents sent by the commission, attributing his difficulties to travel and technical issues with his devices. However, Madlanga pointed out that the documents Adams received on Monday corresponded to the correspondence he had mentioned on 11 August, as the commission only sent the requested materials in response to his previous statements.",
  "summary": "Fadiel Adams insists that his laptop has been malfunctioning, though he apologised to the commission for the 'confusion' caused by some of his statements.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}