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His appearance last week ended with parliament rejecting his claims to the commission that his work laptop often broke. That, he had claimed, led to him missing the October 2025 email notice from the commission, and he became aware of it only about three months ago.
On Wednesday, when confronted with parliament’s comments that he never reported his laptop to technicians and that it had also issued him with multiple devices as a backup, Adams conceded to chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga that his excuse was a lie.
Nonhlanhla Mthunywa also told the court that her mother, Wanter Dlamini, 62, had survived poisoning and a shooting plan before she was finally strangled to death.
Mthunywa is a state witness who was also charged with her mother’s murder, but entered a plea agreement with the state after she confessed to the crime, saying she could not sleep as her mother was haunting her.
A lack of education, late referrals and families declining consent have been recognised as major barriers to organ donation.
Stella de Kock, MD of Transplant Education for Living Legacies, a patient-founded South African non-profit organisation focused on organ and tissue donation, education and awareness, said the lack of knowledge around the issue was a major challenge.