By Akani Nkuna
The tables and chairs are set at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria, with accreditation for media and high-profile guests finalised, as the nation braces to hear witness after witness testify before the highly anticipated Madlanga Commission.
The commission was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate and “report on the veracity, scope, and extent of the allegations with regard to the infiltration of law enforcement, intelligence and associated institutions within the criminal justice system by criminal syndicates and make findings and recommendations for criminal prosecutions, disciplinary actions and institutional reform.”
This followed revelations by KwaZulu-Natal SAPS Commissioner Lt. General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during a media briefing, where he alleged that a sophisticated criminal syndicate has infiltrated South Africa’s law enforcement and intelligence structures, undermining the criminal justice system.
He further alleged that senior police officials had interfered with investigations, including the controversial disbandment of the Political
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