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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A Gauteng detective testifying before the Madlanga Commission has alleged that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, has close ties to suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, Shadrack Sibiya, and a questionable Sandton businessman with mining interests in the North West.<\/p>\n

The witness is testifying partially in-camera before the inquiry on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He is part of the team investigating the murder of Vereeniging engineer, Armand Swart.<\/p>\n

During his testimony, Witness \u201cA\u201d described how he was called by the head of Organised Crime in SA, Richard Shibiri, following their arrest of multi-millionaire, Katiso \u201cKT\u201d Molefe in December.<\/p>\n

According to witness a, Shibiri, informed him that Molefe was part of a group, who have mining interests in the northwest, including a close associate of Malema.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me that Molefe was part of a group of five individuals with interests in the North West. He also said another guy, whose known as ZE Nxumalo, who stays in Sandton. He said ZE is a close friend of Julius Malema who is a politician, who tends to be close to general [Shadrack] Sibiya.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. A Gauteng detective testifying before the Madlanga Commission has alleged that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, has close ties to suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, Shadrack Sibiya, and a questionable Sandton businessman with mining interests in the North West. The witness is testifying partially in-camera before the inquiry on Tuesday. 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