{"id":48899,"date":"2026-02-01T11:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48899"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:54:52","slug":"more-trouble-for-kzn-hawks-head-lesetja-senona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/01\/more-trouble-for-kzn-hawks-head-lesetja-senona\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouble catches up with KZN Hawks boss Lesetja Senona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>On Sunday, Senona was reportedly removed from his office and his gadgets confiscated. <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It appears KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Hawks head Lesetja Senona was right when he said he was already in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Senona made the comment during his testimony at the Madlanga commission on Thursday after he was accused of evading questions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommissioners, I am not evasive. The issue that I\u2019m afraid I\u2019ll be in trouble, I am already in trouble. I indicated to your good selves, commissioners, that with this commission document, I am already in trouble. So I can\u2019t fear to disclose what I recall, and being afraid that there will be trouble. I am already in trouble,\u201d said Senona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo at the end of the day, commissioners, I see from time to time if I can\u2019t recall something, I\u2019m told I\u2019m evasive, I\u2019m told I\u2019m lying, and I don\u2019t want to respond to these words that I\u2019m told about, but I\u2019m not a person who will come here and mislead the commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0KZN Hawks head claims WhatsApp chats with Cat Matlala were \u2018fiddled with\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Senona was reportedly escorted from his office and his gadgets confiscated. <\/p>\n<p>According to the SABC, Senona, who is still an employee of the Hawks, was only ordered to leave his office while provincial police conduct their investigations.<\/p>\n<p>This, despite some reports in which he claimed to fear for his life. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-senona-at-madlanga-commission\">Senona at Madlanga commission<\/h2>\n<p>Senona\u2019s testimony at the Madlanga commission did not go particularly well for him, as he struggled to explain his relationship with tenderpreneur Vusimuzi \u2018Cat\u2019 Matlala.<\/p>\n<p>His attempt to convince the commission that he started to \u201cgradually\u201d distance himself from Matlala failed after evidence leader, Advocate Adila Hassim, argued that WhatsApp texts between Matlala and Senona showed he provided more than moral support to the tendepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith these texts, we\u2019ve already shown how you provided assistance on 15 April. We\u2019ve already discussed, and we don\u2019t need to go there again, your response on 13 May, advising and more than advising, urging him to take them on and to sue the Saps in relation to his contract,\u201d said Hassim.<\/p>\n<p>Senona also failed to convince the commission that he was unaware of the allegations against Matlala, only to claim that Hassim \u201creminded\u201d him of them.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks head is one of the officials the commission has referred for\u00a0further investigation in its interim report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: \u2018I\u2019m already in trouble!\u2019 \u2013 KZN Hawks head denies evading questions at Madlanga commission<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Trouble #catches #KZN #Hawks #boss #Lesetja #Senona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Senona was reportedly removed from his office and his gadgets confiscated. 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