Hearing record
Day 132
Witness: Major-General Feroz Khan
Evidence led by Advocate Adila Hassim SC
With Khan hospitalised, the commission begins leading evidence against him in his absence - WhatsApp chats from his seized phone said to show him as a 'willing facilitator' of a 2021 SAPS Covid-mask tender for a tobacco businessman.
The day in brief
What you need to know
- Evidence leader Adila Hassim SC tabled WhatsApp chats from Khan's seized phone (taken around 10 May 2026) said to show him facilitating government tenders for tobacco businessman Mohamed 'Mo' Sayed.
- A 12 January 2021 exchange: Sayed asked how to obtain a SAPS face-mask contract and Khan told him to send prices and samples.
- A 5 June 2021 message asked Khan to check contract detail from 'Fanie' - suspended SAPS supply-chain commissioner Molefe Fani, who also acted as head of procurement at National Treasury.
- 'At no point did Khan attempt to reject the arrangement,' Hassim submitted.
- A related Treasury IT contract was allegedly facilitated by Khan and Fani. All untested; those named are presumed innocent.
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The day, in depth
Evidence led against an absent man
With suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan still hospitalised after the 28 June shooting and unable to appear, the commission began leading evidence against him in his absence. Evidence leader Advocate Adila Hassim SC took the commission through WhatsApp chats extracted from Khan's phone - seized around 10 May 2026 when he was arrested - which she said show Khan acting as a 'willing facilitator' of government tenders for tobacco businessman Mohamed 'Mo' Sayed: a 12 January exchange in which Sayed asked how to secure a SAPS face-mask contract and Khan told him to send prices and samples; a 5 June message asking Khan to check contract detail from 'Fanie' - suspended SAPS supply-chain divisional commissioner Molefe Fani, who also acted as head of procurement at National Treasury; and 7 July voice notes about Covid-19 test-kit volumes. Hassim submitted that 'at no point did Khan attempt to reject the arrangement', and pointed to a related IT contract between Treasury and a private company allegedly facilitated by Khan and Fani.
On the record
Who testified this day
Follow the threads
Who Major-General Feroz Khan connects to
Witness I
Witness I, the protected Hawks team leader on the 2021 Aeroton bust, testified that Khan hijacked the scene and that he was offered a promotion to change his statement. Untested allegations; presumed innocent.
View profile →Named in his testimonyLieutenant Colonel Nkoana Joseph Sebola
Sebola disputed who controlled the Aeroton scene and described Khan's involvement as 'unusual'; Khan is summoned to answer that evidence.
View profile →Named together in the Nyatlo affidavitMohammed Sayed
The commission's supporting affidavit alleges a sustained relationship: Sayed directed procurement approaches to Khan, forwarded intelligence targets, and allegedly coordinated political interference across multiple matters including the Inspector General and Malema complainant threads.
View profile →Named together in the Nyatlo affidavitJulius Malema
The summons asks Khan to explain his relationship with Malema and whether Malema undertook to campaign politically to protect him. Both deny wrongdoing; untested allegations.
View profile →Accused by himSamuel Mashaba
Gauteng traffic chief Mashaba testified that Khan tried to take credit for the Aeroton bust and did not get the briefing from his team. Khan denies wrongdoing; untested allegations.
View profile →Alleged bribe offer to himVusi Shongwe
MK Party MP Shongwe testified on 30 June 2026 that Khan and his associates offered him a R10m bribe (or a R2m tender) and two armoured BMWs to stop pursuing Khan's appearance before Parliament. Untested allegations; Khan is presumed innocent.
View profile →IDAC investigator who denied a 'cabal' with himColonel Brian Padayachee
Padayachee, who led IDAC's case against Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo, rejected an alleged 'Khan-IDAC cabal' at the commission and confirmed he knew Khan from prior Crime Intelligence work. Untested allegation.
View profile →Alleged to have shielded him (2018)Advocate Andrea Johnson
IDAC head Andrea Johnson is alleged to have leaked a 2018 assault-case docket to Khan before he was charged; she was summoned to answer this but her testimony was postponed. Untested allegations; both presumed innocent.
View profile →In the room & on the record
Counsel, the panel and sources
Evidence led by
- Advocate Adila Hassim SC