General Khomotso Phahlane and the cost of false testimony

Daily Maverick | 09.02.2026 03:20
Daily Maverick has approached Parliament after former acting police commissioner, Khomotso Phahlane, testified before the parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, that journalist Marianne Thamm had attended a braai at the home of controversial investigator Paul O’Sullivan – the implied purpose of the gathering was, allegedly, to orchestrate a smear campaign.