Witness 'A' tells Madlanga Commission how 24-hour protection, safe house relocation impacted his life

A police officer has told the Madlanga Commission how things turned upside down for him following an assessment on his life, which deemed him high risk.

Witness "A" is back on Tuesday, testifying in-camera, saying that he was part of a team that was investigating the murder of Vereeniging engineer, Armand Swart, who was shot multiple times while driving into his company's premises in April last year. 
 
Swart was killed in a case of mistaken identity after his company, Q-Tech, filed a whistleblower report about massive price inflation in relation to a Transnet freight rail tender.
 
Testifying before the commission from a remote and undisclosed location on Tuesday morning, Witness A described how his life was impacted after the investigating team was provided with 24-hour protection and relocated to safe houses.
 
"For three months, if I’m correct, we didn’t go home. We were here; we celebrated Christmas here. Starting from early December to New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, we were here, not going home, not even disclosing to the people that are close to you, where you are."