{"id":855,"date":"2026-07-06T07:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/madlanga-commission-reviews-evidence-on-mazzottis-alleged-tobacco-crimes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:44:02","slug":"madlanga-commission-reviews-evidence-on-mazzottis-alleged-tobacco-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ikhomishini-kamadlanga-ibuyekeza-ubufakazi-ngamacala-kagwayi-asolwa-ngomazzotti\/","title":{"rendered":"IKhomishini kaMadlanga Ibuyekeza Ubufakazi Ngamacala Kagwayi Asolwa NgoMazzotti"},"content":{"rendered":"

U-Adriano Mazzotti, i-CEO ye-Carnilinx, usehlolisiswe kabusha yiKhomishini kaMadlanga ngemuva kokwethulwa kobufakazi obuqinisekisa ukuthi uvumile ukuthi ushushumbisa ugwayi, ukugwema intela, kanye nokuzama ukonakalisa izikhulu ze-South African Revenue Service (SARS) njengengxenye yesivumelwano esiyimfihlo sango-2014, kodwa akakaze abhekane nokushushiswa kobugebengu. Lokhu kwembulwa, okwenziwe ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwekhomishini ephenya ngobugebengu, inkohlakalo, kanye nokungenelela kwezepolitiki ohlelweni lobulungiswa bobugebengu eNingizimu Afrika, kubangele ukukhala komphakathi kanye nomphakathi, lapho i-Tax Justice SA ifuna izimpendulo kwi-National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).<\/p>\n

Izinsolo kanye nobufakazi beKhomishini<\/h4>\n

Ubufakazi obethulwe phambi kweKhomishini kaMadlanga buhlanganisa isitatimende esifungelwe esenziwe ngumseshi wekhomishini uTshepo Nyatlo, ebhekisela ekuvumeni kukaMazzotti okusolwa ukuthi wakwenza esivumelwaneni se-SARS sika-2014. UMazzotti wathumela isitatimende sokuzithandela kukhomishini, ephikisana nezici zesitatimende sikaNyatlo futhi ephikisana nokuhlanganiswa kwezingxabano zentela zomlando, izinkinga zomthetho, kanye nezinsolo zobugebengu.<\/p>\n

Esiphakamisweni sakhe, uMazzotti uthe, \u201cUCarnilinx uvuma ngenhlonipho ukuthi izingxenye zesitatimende esifungelwe zibonakala zihlanganisa izindaba zomlando zomthetho, izingxabano zentela ezingaxazululwanga, imibiko yabezindaba kanye nokuphawula kwemboni nobufakazi bobugebengu banamuhla.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ukusabela Komphakathi Nokucindezela Kwezikhungo<\/h4>\n

UYusuf Abramjee, umsunguli we-Tax Justice SA, ubuze obala ukwehluleka kwe-NPA ukushushisa uMazzotti ngenxa yalokho akubiza ngokuthi \u201cubugebengu obukhulu obuhilela ukukhwabanisa intela, ukuhweba ngogwayi ngokungemthetho kanye nemizamo yokonakalisa izikhulu zomphakathi.\u201d Ekhuluma ephendula ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zakamuva zekhomishini, u-Abramjee uthe, \u201cI-NPA kumele iphendule umbuzo owodwa olula kodwa obaluleke kakhulu. Uma umuntu evuma ubugebengu obukhulu obuhilela ukukhwabanisa intela, ukuhweba ngogwayi ngokungemthetho kanye nemizamo yokonakalisa izikhulu zomphakathi, kungani kubonakala sengathi akukho ukushushiswa kobugebengu?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ubufakazi buye baqinisa izimfuno zokuba nesibopho esinengqondo kanye nokusobala ekuphoqelelweni kwemithetho yokulwa nenkohlakalo, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa igunya elibanzi lekhomishini lokuhlola ubuqotho bezikhungo zikahulumeni. Akukho mpendulo esemthethweni ekhishwe yi-NPA ngemuva kwalezi zicelo ezivuselelwe zokuthi kuthathwe isinyathelo.<\/p>\n

IKhomishini kaMadlanga, eholwa yiJaji leNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo elithathe umhlalaphansi uMbuyiseli Madlanga, yasungulwa nguMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ngoJulayi 2025. Inhloso yayo ihlanganisa ukuphenya izinsolo zobugebengu, ukugxambukela kwezepolitiki, kanye nenkohlakalo ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa, kanti izigcawu zamanje zigqamisa abantu abanethonya embonini kagwayi kanye nobudlelwano babo nombuso.<\/p>\n

Kulindeleke ubufakazi obengeziwe kanye nezimpendulo zezikhungo njengoba ukulalelwa kwecala kuqhubeka kuze kube ngu-Agasti. I-NPA ayikaqinisekisi ukuthi izophinde ihlole leli cala noma ivule uphenyo olusemthethweni ngokuphendula ubufakazi bekhomishini.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IKhomishini kaMadlanga ilalele ubufakazi obuthi u-Adriano Mazzotti uvumile amacala kagwayi; ingcindezi yomphakathi iyanda yokuthi i-NPA ichaze ukuntuleka kokushushiswa.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[333,253,209,332,268,45,335,334],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-citizen","tag-carnilinx","tag-corruption","tag-madlanga-commission","tag-mazzotti","tag-npa","tag-sars","tag-tax-justice-sa","tag-tobacco-smuggling"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMadlanga Commission Reviews Evidence on Mazzotti\u2019s Alleged Tobacco Crimes - MK Party<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ikhomishini-kamadlanga-ibuyekeza-ubufakazi-ngamacala-kagwayi-asolwa-ngomazzotti\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Madlanga Commission Reviews Evidence on Mazzotti\u2019s Alleged Tobacco Crimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Madlanga Commission has heard evidence alleging Adriano Mazzotti admitted to tobacco crimes; public pressure mounts for NPA to explain lack of prosecution.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ikhomishini-kamadlanga-ibuyekeza-ubufakazi-ngamacala-kagwayi-asolwa-ngomazzotti\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MK Party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-06T05:44:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/uMkhonto-Wesizwe.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Siphiwe Khaya\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Siphiwe Khaya\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/madlanga-commission-reviews-evidence-on-mazzottis-alleged-tobacco-crimes\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/madlanga-commission-reviews-evidence-on-mazzottis-alleged-tobacco-crimes\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Siphiwe Khaya\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/9f56905371434eb29146240baa3cb283\"},\"headline\":\"Madlanga Commission Reviews Evidence on Mazzotti\u2019s Alleged Tobacco Crimes\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T05:44:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-06T05:44:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/madlanga-commission-reviews-evidence-on-mazzottis-alleged-tobacco-crimes\/\"},\"wordCount\":409,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Carnilinx\",\"corruption\",\"Madlanga Commission\",\"Mazzotti\",\"NPA\",\"SARS\",\"Tax Justice SA\",\"tobacco smuggling\"],\"articleSection\":[\"The Citizen\"],\"inLanguage\":\"zu\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/madlanga-commission-reviews-evidence-on-mazzottis-alleged-tobacco-crimes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/madlanga-commission-reviews-evidence-on-mazzottis-alleged-tobacco-crimes\/\",\"name\":\"Madlanga Commission Reviews Evidence on Mazzotti\u2019s Alleged Tobacco Crimes - 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