RT-Engels: 05-05-2026,
Police say the National Colored Congress leader interfered with investigations into the killing of an ANC Youth League figure in 2017
South African MP and National Colored Congress leader Fadiel Adams has been arrested in Cape Town over fraud and obstruction charges linked to alleged interference in the investigation into the 2017 murder of ANC Youth League figure Sindiso Magaqa, police have said.
This comes after he was instructed by the Political Killings Task Team to present himself at his nearest police station in connection with charges related to fraud and defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
Adams was arrested by PKTT members after handing himself over at Parliament Village on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said its Political Killings Task Team had called on Adams to present himself at his nearest police station. National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said officers were in possession of a J50 warrant for Adams’ arrest.
”The warrant relates to serious allegations that he interfered with ongoing investigations into the murder of the late ANC Youth League leader, Mr Sindiso Magaqa,” Mathe said. She said investigators had found that Adams allegedly interfered with a convicted hitman at a sensitive and advanced stage of the probe.
On Sunday, IOL News reported that Adams had made a series of allegations against SAPS and KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, claiming members of the Political Killings Task Team had raided a house he previously owned in Mitchell’s Plain.