The second interim report from the Madlanga Commission is expected to be handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa this Friday.
Ramaphosa established the Commission in September 2025 following allegations of corruption and political interference in law enforcement agencies. Since its establishment, 60 witnesses have testified before the Commission.
Hearings resumed in January this year, with 32 witnesses testifying over more than 60 days.
Testimony has included officials from the Ekurhuleni and Tshwane Metro Police Departments, as well as evidence relating to major drug busts in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
The Commission considered five applications for in camera hearings, granting four. An application brought by North-West businessman Sulieman Carrim was rejected.
The Commission, currently on a two-week break, resumes on Monday.
Separately, Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee examining allegations of corruption and criminal infiltration within the South African Police Service heard preliminary conclusions from evidence leader Advocate Norman Arendse on Wednesday night.
Arendse presented a draft report to MPs covering all evidence placed before the committee since October last year. The report will be used for deliberations before being tabled before the National Assembly.
Arendse told MPs that while Ramaphosa made the correct decision to place Minister Senzo Mchunu on special leave over his 2024 dissolution of the Political Killings Task Team, oversight of the policing sector remained inadequate.
“His response — establishing the Madlanga Commission, placing the minister on special leave, and appointing an acting minister under section 98 of the constitution — was constitutionally grounded, though the evidence reveals a pattern of passive executive oversight in the policing portfolio that the committee may wish to address in its recommendations,” Arendse said.
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