Madlanga Commission: Mashazi believes she was prejudiced during her testimony

The former Ekurhuleni City Manager, Imogen Mashazi, believes she has been prejudiced during her testimony before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.

Mashazi began her testimony on Monday and resumed this Tuesday morning at the commission in Pretoria.

She has faced tough questions, which in most instances, she hasn’t able to answer adequately to satisfy the commissioners and evidence leader.

Mashazi has been given until next week Wednesday to source the relevant documents and evidence, which her attorneys will provide to the commission in the form of a supplementary affidavit.

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Earlier, Mashazi’s attorney, Mr Moosa, addressed the commission on instructions of possible prejudice.

“It’s under instruction that she’s referred to me, and I’ve got a duty to place it before the commission is that 'over the last day or so, I was in a position where I had to face certain questions and answer to certain allegations without having the all the information at my disposal'.”

Moosa said Mashazi is concerned about her public image following her testimony.

“She says, 'what about the perception that has been created of me as a public figure over the last day?'. And I said to her that is something we can’t do, we can’t turn back the clock, but what we can do is use the next three to four days and optimise the opportunity to do a detailed supplementary statement, annexing anything that is important as was illustrated over the last two days.”