By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The controversial businessman Suliman Carrim has been rushed to hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack while at a gym in Johannesburg on Monday morning.
Carrim’s current condition remains unknown.
However a source told eNCA that the incident happened at Golds Gym in Sandton where staff raised the alarm and called paramedics.
Carrim is expected to appear before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry later this week, where he is scheduled to continue his testimony.
His legal team confirmed that Carrim was admitted to hospital for urgent medical attention. He had already undergone one operation earlier in March and was scheduled for a second procedure.
The team has approached the commission urgently to explain the situation and request an adjournment or alternative arrangements, such as allowing him more time to recover before he can continue with his testimony.
Carrim is a longstanding ANC member and activist in North West.
He has been accused of accepting R2.5-million for helping criminally accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala obtain payments related to his R360-million SAPS contract, which was later cancelled.
The commission is investigating the criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system.
President Cyril Ramaphosa established the commission as a response to allegations, made on 6 July 2025 by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, that South Africa’s criminal justice system was compromised because of the infiltration of criminal syndicates into police, judicial, parliamentary, political, intelligence, and law enforcement structures.