Zondo orders that ex-intelligence official's testimony be heard in-camera at separate location
26 September 2019
The testimony of former crime intelligence member Colonel Dhanajaya Naidoo - who is currently in witness protection – will be heard in-camera at a separate location when he testifies before the state capture commission.
Members of the public, including the media, however, will be able to hear his testimony.
"The order that I make reads as follows: To ensure that Colonel Naidoo who is a protected person as defined in the Witness Protection Act gives evidence to the commission, the location he has been relocated to and the new identity he has assumed are not disclosed - he will not be present in the hearing, a separate location will be provided.
"He will give his evidence from the protected witness location, no camera will be permitted in the protected witness location, an audio-link from the protected witness location will be provided, no person other than the chairperson, the relevant evidence leaders and all those necessary to assist Naidoo when he gives evidence will be allowed in the witness protection location," commission chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said on Thursday afternoon.