Witness links ex-deputy minister Kebby Maphatsoe to R286m cocaine bust
Daily Maverick | 30.06.2026 05:49
Tumelo Nku, who has described himself as a businessman and a confidential source to police, told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, 29 June, that he was introduced to a drug trafficker known as “Eby” or “Iby” by a distant relative of his — Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association leader and former deputy defence minister Kebby Maphatsoe, who died in 2021.