Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan spent two days before Parliament’s ad hoc committee rejecting allegations that he is a foreign intelligence operative, defending his anti-corruption record, and answering tough questions about a R100,000 payment he received in 2007. O’Sullivan appeared on 10 and 11 February 2026 before the committee established to investigate claims that a cartel has infiltrated South Africa’s criminal justice system, political structures and elements of the private security sector. Thabiso Tema spoke to Dereleen James ActionSA Member of Parliament and Ashley Sauls Patriotic Alliance Member of Parliament.