Fadiel Adams at Ad Hoc vs Brian Padayachee at Madlanga: From Envelope to “No Facts”

Fadiel Adams told Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee how an unknown-source envelope led to criminal complaints and, eventually, a commissioned Section 27 affidavit handed to IDAC. Months later, Brian Padayachee appeared before the Madlanga Commission and confirmed that Adams was the referrer—but admitted that he did not initially read the affidavit before beginning his work. Management approved it. The investigators acted on it. Then Madlanga opened the referral and demanded the factual basis behind its conclusions. This video places both hearing records side by side and follows the referral from Adams’s office to IDAC’s investigation. Who checked the facts before the state’s machinery started moving? We follow the record. 00:00 INTRO 02:10 CHAPTER 1 - THE ENVELOPE 04:03 CHAPTER 2 - A CASE OPENED FROM A “SKETCH” 06:24 CHAPTER 3 - ADAMS PUSHES THE CASE OUT OF SAPS 07:56 CHAPTER 4 - THE FORMAL REFERRAL 08:31 CHAPTER 5 - PADAYACHEE CONFIRMS THE REFERRAL 09:50 CHAPTER 6 - THE AFFIDAVIT WENT UPSTAIRS 14:07 CHAPTER 7 - “MANAGEMENT APPROVED IT” 15:09 CHAPTER 8 - “BUT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE SERIOUS” 17:46 CHAPTER 9 - MADLANGA OPENS THE REFERRAL 20:51 FINAL - WHO CHECKED THE REFERRAL? #FadielAdams #BrianPadayachee #madlangacommission #ADHOC