Fannie Masemola to testify at Madlanga Commission on Monday

By Johnathan Paoli

South Africa’s top cop, General Fannie Masemola, will face the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, in Pretoria.

Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels confirmed on Sunday that the national police commissioner would be testifying.

Masemola’s testimony is expected to draw intense interest across political, legal, and civil society circles, and comes after the testimony of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

Mkhwanazi — whose publicly made allegations in July that the criminal justice system had been infiltrated by criminal networks that included politicians — was the first person to testify when the commission started last week. He concluded his testimony on Friday.

Among Mkhwanazi’s claims was that former police minister Senzo Mchunu was “influenced” to disband the Political Killings Task Team, as it had come across information that implicated politically-connected individuals in organised crime.

Among other claims against Mchunu — who was placed