“I WAS BEING DRIP-FED”: SIBANYONI CHALLENGES MADLANGA COMMISSION
State Evidence Trap Exposed as Secret Bundle Deluge Paralyzes Judicial Proceedings
A explosive showdown erupted inside the judicial commission of inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system as witness Mr. Spuni took the stand to deliver a scorching indictment of state misconduct and procedural unfairness.
Mr. Spuni formally began reading his supplementary statement into the official record, explaining that the filing served to amplify his 85-page principal statement submitted on August 17, 2026.
He revealed that state evidence leaders breached their explicit undertaking to provide the formal evidence bundle to his legal team five full days prior to his statement reading.
Instead of honoring the binding agreement, the commission delayed delivering the documents and dumped the final exhibit bundle onto his defense team on the eve of September 17, 2026, at precisely 18:21 p.m.
Mr. Spuni testified that the extreme delay left him with virtually no time to examine the final documents before finalizing his supplementary submission.
He then exposed an email sent by the commission on September 18, 2026, at 11:15 a.m.
The state email explicitly stated that evidence leaders instructed staff to advise his legal team that the exhibit bundle could be supplemented further upon receiving Mr. Spuni‘s supplementary affidavit.
Mr. Spuni voiced intense alarm over the continuous drip-feed of evidence, revealing that the commission sits on crucial information only to release it in piecemeal installments.
He condemned the financial burden forced upon him by the state’s chaotic tactics, testifying that constantly consulting legal teams to draft endless supplementary statements incurs massive attorney fees that cannot simply be taken for granted.
Mr. Spuni reminded the panel that his attorney had already issued a formal warning before the principal statement was submitted, protesting the inherent unfairness of forcing a witness to swear under oath before receiving the documentary evidence bundle.
He testified that providing evidence in “trips and traps” completely defeats the entire judicial process.
While Mr. Spuni filed his principal statement on August 17, 2026, the commission’s massive evidence bundle comprising 55 distinct items totaling 2,028 pages was delivered to his attorney only on September 4, 2026.
Mr. Spuni highlighted this 18-day delay as a chronological inversion that forces witnesses to commit to sworn testimony blind before receiving the state’s own evidence, calling it a fundamental violation of procedural fairness.
He noted that his supplementary statement addresses the entire evidence bundle to provide amplification, contextualization, factual corrections, and formal constitutional objections without waiving any legal rights.
Mr. Spuni explicitly invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination under Section 35.3.J of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
He then leveled a formal and categorical objection against the state’s massive evidentiary expansion.
Mr. Spuni revealed that beyond the initial 2,028-page bundle, state leaders produced an additional supplementary bundle labeled CJC 452 through CJC 494, adding approximately 246 further pages.
He testified that the sprawling mass of evidence goes materially beyond the Regulation 10.6 notice issued to define the scope of his inquiry.
Mr. Spuni formally objected to all matters in the state bundle that fall outside the commission’s terms of reference under Proclamation 269 of 2025.
He further objected to all new matters arising for the first time from the evidence bundle where he received zero prior notice and no meaningful opportunity to respond.
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