Ramaphosa’s decision to withhold interim Madlanga report a wise move – expert

By Marcus Moloko

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to keep the interim Madlanga Commission report out of public view has sparked debate, but forensic investigations and crime expert Dorothy Mmushi has endorsed the move, calling it a “wise and necessary safeguard” for the country.

Her reasoning highlights a required balance between transparency and protecting the integrity of ongoing investigations.

Mmushi explained that the Madlanga Commission, established to probe matters of national security and criminality in the criminal justice system, is mandated to deliver an interim report within three months.

This report, she notes, is not a final product but a working document containing preliminary recommendations.

“The detail in that report is of a sensitive nature,” she said and cautioned how “it would be quite dangerous to expose such a report to the public domain at this stage of the work of the commission”.

Mmushi’s strongest argument is that the interim report