By Marcus Moloko
The Madlanga Commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, has been earmarked as one of the country’s most consequential inquiries into alleged corruption and political interference within the criminal justice system.
Structured in three deliberate phases, the commission’s entire plan is a system designed to ensure fairness, credibility, and a comprehensive evidentiary record.
Phase one:
Establishing the allegations.
This phase began in September 2025, following allegations made by the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, during a July press briefing where he detailed allegations of political interference, corruption, and criminality within the justice system.
Phase one ran for over a month and is a stage primarily to find facts, to lay the foundation for the inquiry.
Initial testimony from Mkhwanazi, followed by testimony from various witnesses, would support evidence while helping the commission to establish a factual basis for the allegations.
Phase two
Testing
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