Businessman Tumelo Nku claims he has done consultation work for foreign intelligence agencies.
Businessman Tumelo Nku, who claimed to be a police informant at the scene of the R300 million Aeroton drug bust in 2021, has told the Madlanga Commission that he is a consultant whose clients include tenderpreneurs, has consulted for foreign intelligence agencies, and received payments.
Testifying before the commission on Thursday, Nku told the commission that he is an entrepreneur with proficiency in data analysis, ‘ethical hacking’, consignment and inventory management, and conducting cyber-penetration testing and research for various organisations.
He had been subpoenaed by the commission to explain his role at the scene of the Aeroton drug bust in Johannesburg.
Nku was arrested at an Aeroton drug bust scene, alongside Samuel Mashaba, who worked in traffic services and served as the acting deputy director of Gauteng’s Community Safety Department; Warrant Officer Steve Phakula, a member of the National Intervention Unit; and Warrant Officer Marumo Magane of the Zonkizizwe police station.
