By Johnathan Paoli
Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating alleged criminal infiltration and political interference in South Africa’s criminal justice system, will resume public hearings on Tuesday.
Pressure is mounting on committee members to make progress while tackling a ballooning witness list, procedural delays, and a deadline that now seems impossible to meet.
When proceedings recommence, Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo will take the stand, followed by Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia on Wednesday and an official from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) later in the week.
The testimony of IDAC will be the committee’s first direct engagement with prosecutors working on corruption cases related to the probe.
The week is viewed as pivotal for the committee, which has already heard testimony from some of the country’s most senior law enforcement officials, including KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, whose allegations of corruption and criminal behaviour in the upper echelons
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