Former ANC North West provincial treasurer and businessman, Suliman Carrim, was arrested on October 15, 2026, at O.R. Tambo International Airport. The arrest followed Carrim's repeated failure to appear as a witness before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating high-level corruption, criminality, and the infiltration of a cartel within South Africa's criminal justice system. Carrim's legal team repeatedly delayed his testimony by citing medical unfitness following an alleged heart attack. However, he refused an independent medical evaluation ordered by the commission's evidence leaders.