MP ADAMS' COMMISSION TESTIMONY ON ICT SUPPORT PROVIDED BY PARLIAMENT
Parliament, Tuesday, 11 August 2026 - Parliament has noted statements made by National Coloured Congress Member of Parliament Mr Fadiel Adams during his appearance before the Madlanga Commission this morning, in which he attributed delays in accessing correspondence from the Commission to persistent problems with his Parliament-issued laptop.
Mr Adams indicated, among other things, that his laptop had been problematic for approximately 18 months, was frequently either frozen or in for repairs, and that this had affected his ability to access information.
Ordinarily, Parliament would not comment on explanations offered by a Member in proceedings before a commission of inquiry. However, insofar as these claims create the impression that Parliament failed over an extended period to provide a Member with functional tools of trade necessary for the performance of his constitutional responsibilities, the institutional record requires clarification.
Following Mr Adams' remarks, Parliament reviewed the ICT Service Desk records relating to technical support logged for him during the relevant period.
The records do not reflect any reported incident of persistent laptop malfunction, hardware failure, repeated freezing of the device, or the laptop being repeatedly submitted to ICT for repairs.
The ICT incidents recorded during this period relate primarily to routine user-access and account-support matters. These include a Windows password reset in January 2025, an ERP/Marang password reset in June 2025, assistance with logging into a device in July 2025, a Wi-Fi update in January 2026, and an ERP/Marang eDisclosure-related request in June 2026. These matters were recorded through Parliament's ICT Service Desk and were closed.
Password resets, authentication or login difficulties and connectivity configuration are routine ICT support matters and are materially different from a device being technically dysfunctional or unavailable for an extended period.
Parliament therefore has no ICT Service Desk record supporting the assertion that Mr Adams' parliamentary laptop was persistently dysfunctional for approximately 18 months in the manner described before the Commission.
It is also important to clarify that Parliament's provision of tools of trade to Members is not limited to a single laptop. Members are provided with multiple ICT devices, including a laptop, tablet and smart phone, precisely to support continuity of access and enable Members to perform their parliamentary responsibilities.
Where a Member experiences a technical problem with an allocated device, established ICT support channels are available for the incident to be logged, diagnosed and resolved. Alternative Parliament-issued devices also provide continuity of access while a particular device is being attended to.
Parliament's clarification is confined to its own ICT and administrative records and should not be construed as commenting on the substance of Mr Adams' evidence before the Commission, which remains a matter for the Commission.
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@ParliamentofRSA We need a WhatsApp line at the commission in order to send receipts when they start lying,Adams testimony would have been 90 % today already after this revelation.
■No scandals.
■No Impalas.
■No defeating the ends of justice.
Just strategy, discipline, and taking the fight to organized crime.
His name is Dumisani Khumalo (General Khumalo to you)
Mntungwa. Ndoda yamadoda.🫡🇿🇦
@Sunflowerreal@pule_jones With the medical bed /hospitalisation under deep scrutiny,it seems to be the only logical way to avoid answering questions at this stage,with no inquiry opened against him .
BlackRock has used the WEF to say what my research paper has been saying all along.
Physics does not care about "just transition" narratives or "net-zero targets"; it only cares about the load-to-generation balance at 50Hz.
Now that even global capital is beginning to say this, I want to see how policymakers in South Africa will respond.
Karyn Maughn
In your hands, journalism is no longer a tool for integrity - it has become a weapon to serve your handlers' interests, vilifying those who dare disrupt the carefully managed narrative. There is no pretending otherwise. You are not reporting the truth or offering critique; you are part of a coordinated effort to destroy a media outlet that threatens the establishment's hold on public perception. You pass this off as a defence of press freedom and journalistic ethics, oblivious to the fact that many have seen through this artifice, recognising it as a ruthless campaign to silence any voice that challenges the Eurocentric, elitist narrative dominating South African media. You protect your interests, those of your peers, and the carefully constructed image of South Africa that benefits the few at the expense of the many.
...same story, different victim. We need a commission on foreign interference in SA politics via donor funded journalists and their platforms!
Once again, contrary to popular belief, many (maybe even most) road accidents are caused by exhaustion, drowsiness and sleepiness more than drunkenness.
The issue is that there’s no way to measure, enforce and prosecute anti-drowsiness measures. So, authorities focus on alcohol.
This is not to say that drunk driving isn’t dangerous, it obviously is, but that driver veering into your lane and crashing into you head-on is most likely sleeping than drunk at that time, often both, but overwhelmingly it’s the one who hasn’t slept in 18+ hours.
After all, being awake for 17 to 19 hours results in cognitive impairment similar to having a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.05%.
After 24 hours of wakefulness, that impairment jumps to the equivalent of 0.10%, which is above the legal limit just about everywhere.
Basically, we share the road with people who are effectively legally drunk simply because they stayed up late or worked a double shift, and our legal system is largely blind to it.
The issue is that this is impossible to measure this cause since there’s no breathalyser for tiredness. So, the actual number of accidents could be much higher because drowsiness generally goes unrecorded in crash reports.
When a tired driver crashes and kills people, the resulting surge of adrenaline masks their exhaustion.
By the time police arrive, the driver appears wide awake and alert, making it impossible to prove he was nodding off and micro-sleeping a few minutes ago.
You can objectively measure blood alcohol content, but proving someone was dangerously tired at the time of a crash is nearly impossible after the fact.
So, while there is research into blood biomarkers that indicate sleep loss, we are years away from a roadside test for this.
How do u - whose party is a member of the RSA Government - so blatantly advocate the gross violation of international law & conventions?
This is completely unbecoming.
U are more than welcome to express your views about President Maduro & your disgusting preference for neoliberal hegemony,
BUT to defend & applaud the unprovoked invasion & bombing of a sovereign state by an imperial power is absolutely despicable!
I trust that @PresidencyZA@CyrilRamaphosa fires your party from Cabinet!!
Thank you to everyone who showed up, spoke truth, and defended South Africa when it mattered. Your backbone didn’t go unnoticed. 🇿🇦 Love you❤️
To those who slandered this country: please go to the toilet now so you don’t carry your 💩 into 2026.
A reminder that the last chair of the @amaBhungane board was a sexual predator; the current one led propaganda trips to Israel, received funding from hostile foreign governments & coordinated a right-wing political coalition.
The implications for their 'journalism' are obvious.