South Africa - Pretoria - 20 March 2026. Madlanga Commission of Inquiry witness Organised Crime Unit Officer Sergeant Fannie Nkosi testifies at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.
Image: Oupa Mokoena / Independent Newspapers
Madlanga Commission heard testimony as Sergeant Fannie Nkosi admitted sending Mpho Lekukela a photo of slain musician Oupa “DJ Sumbody” Sefoka with the message, “Why didn’t you call him to order?” but failed to give any clear explanation for the message.
The picture of Sefoka was sent just three days after he was gunned down in November 2022.
The message was blunt and unsettling: “Why didn’t you call him to order?” asked Nkosi.
Lekukela replied simply: “I didn’t know.”
Lekukela was friends with the slain musician.
When pressed to explain what he meant, Nkosi repeatedly claimed he had no idea.
“I don’t know… I can’t remember,” he told the commission on Friday, struggling to account for the message or the context in which it was sent.
That answer did not hold.
Commission chair Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga cut in sharply “You are lying. That’s the problem. The problem is that you are lying to us. You are lying to us, Sergeant Nkosi.”
The accusation marked a dramatic turning point in the hearing, exposing deep concern about the credibility of Nkosi’s testimony and raising fresh questions about what he knew in the aftermath of the killing.
Nkosi pushed back, insisting he had no reason to lie.
He told the commission that DJ Sumbody was closer to Lekukela and suggested he may not have fully understood the meaning behind his own message.
Controversial businessman, Katiso “KT” Molefe, has been formally accused of orchestrating the fatal attack on popular DJ Sumbody.
Authorities have also arrested Micheal Pule Tau, Floyd Mabusela, and Musa Kekana in connection with the case.
Molefe faces multiple charges, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and possession of illegal firearms.
The killing is linked to an alleged ongoing underworld dispute involving a missing drug consignment.
The firearms allegedly used in the attack have reportedly been connected to other violent incidents.
In October 2025, Molefe was granted bail set at R400,000.
But under sustained questioning from evidence leader Advocate Matthew Chaskalson, the gaps in Nkosi’s account widened.
Chaskalson pressed him directly: What had Sefoka done that required him to be “called to order”? What wrongdoing was Nkosi referring to?
Nkosi had no answer.
“I don’t know… I can’t remember what it was relating to,” he said again.
Chaskalson rejected that response, suggesting Nkosi must at least have heard something—some report, some allegation—about events leading to the murder.
Nkosi refused to engage. "I would not comment on DJ Sumbody’s murder,” he said, maintaining that his message was based only on the image he sent.
Nkosi is expected to resume his testimony on Monday.
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