Loyiso Sidimba|Published2 hours agoMadlanga Commission challenges ANC member Suliman Carrim over public testimony

The Madlanga Commisssion of Inquiry will rule on Monday on whether ANC member and North West businessman Suliman Carrim will testify in camera due to threats he has received. North West businessman and ANC memberSuliman Carrimhas been slammed at the Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry, where sought to have his evidence heard in camera on Monday and Tuesday. The commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseni Madlanga, heard evidence by his advocate Kameel Premhid and evidence leader Adila Cassim SC.

Commissioner Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC accused Carrim of seeking to portray the commission as being treated unfairly. “If your client has facts, he must list them and let a reasonable person judge,” she told Premhid. According to Baloyi, this was the first time that the commission got a complaint that this is a fishing expedition.

“I’m really expressing displeasure with the conduct of Carrim because it is not substantiated by anything that he has placed before us,” she stated. Cassim accused the witness of being paranoid. “It would be futile to have an in camera hearing, his identity is known.

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He is publicly known, his face is known,” she said. Premhid said his client was not asking for privilege but for something that the rules of the commission’s own rules provides for. He said Carrim received threats including one that read: “before you appear at the commission we will show you and your ice boy”. “Go to Madlanga, we will stay behind and take care of your stuff,” read another threatening message.

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