MADLANGA COMMISSION: Fadiel Adams reveals links to André Lincoln, Brown Mogotsi and Feroz Khan

{JSON.stringify(article.attachments[0], null, 2)} --> The National Coloured Congress MP has described how he opened cases against Crime Intelligence members in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, then even emailed the police minister, in a trail of events that includes former top cop André Lincoln, fixer Brown Mogotsi and Feroz Khan.

The credibility of suspended National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams’ evidence came under increasing pressure on his second day at the Madlanga Commission on Thursday, 20 August.

The genesis of the controversy was an envelope containing classified documents that Adams said had been slipped under the door of his parliamentary office. What followed, however, has become the source of increasing scrutiny.

Adams opened three cases in October 2024 in Cape Town before travelling to Gauteng, where further cases were registered. These charges implicated top SAPS Crime Intelligence members, including Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo.

Adams claimed that his dockets went missing after he opened cases at Cape Town Central Police Station on 29 October 2024, and that the same appeared to have happened with the cases he opened at Orlando Police Station two days later.

The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) later charged the Crime Intelligence members, but the National Prosecuting Authority has since provisionally withdrawn fraud and corruption charges against Khumalo and his co-accused.

Those charges stemmed from Adams’ case regarding the alleged irregular appointment of Brigadier Dineo Mokwele, but the commission has heard that there were multiple procedural flaws in Idac’s investigative process, including unjustifiably expanding the scope of its investigation, and that Mokwele was in fact qualified for her job.

Idac’s arrest of Khumalo in June 2025 appeared to lead to KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s explosive July 2025 press conference in which he alleged that criminal cartels had infiltrated law enforcement, political and judicial arenas.

Adams’ decision to reopen cases against the Crime Intelligence members in Johannesburg at the Orlando Police Station brought into focus an unexpected chain linking the late top cop André Lincoln, North West businessman and ANC fixer Brown Mogotsi and sidelined police minister Senzo Mchunu.

Commissioner Sandile Khumalo SC noted that December 2024 was a period of significant activity around Mogotsi, and asked Adams whether he had spoken to him around that time. Adams said Lincoln had been in contact with Mogotsi, whom he described as being close to Mchunu.

Lincoln, the controversial former Anti-Gang Unit boss, retired in 2021 and died in May 2025.

Adams and Lincoln shared a personal relationship, and Adams visited Lincoln’s house regularly

Mogotsi has been accused of acting as an intermediary between alleged cartel members and Mchunu to try to disband the Political Killings Task Team, led by Khumalo, to shield alleged criminals from prosecution.

Adams acknowledged speaking to Mogotsi once, sometime between November 2024 and January 2025, but insisted their conversation had nothing to do with opening cases.