Staff Reporter
The Madlanga Commission has submitted its second interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa, as the inquiry into alleged criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system moves into its next phase of hearings.
Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels said in a statement late on Friday that the report had been handed to the president in line with the deadline set when its term was extended earlier this year.
Commission chairperson, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, assisted by Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC and Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC, was appointed by Ramaphosa on 23 July 2025 to investigate allegations made about criminal infiltration of SAPS on 6 July 2025 by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
The commission submitted its first interim report on 17 December 2025 before taking a break from public hearings. It resumed work on 5 January 2026 and began public hearings again on 26 January.
Since then, the commission has heard evidence from 32 witnesses over 64 days of hearings, covering the South African Police Service, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department and the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department, said Michaels.
Ramaphosa extended the commission’s term on 12 March 2026, moving its deadline from 17 March to 31 August 2026. The extension required the commission to submit a second interim report by 29 May 2026 and a final report by 31 August 2026.
The commission is expected to resume public hearings on Monday, 1 June 2026, with further testimony relating to the Port Shepstone drug bust.
Several witnesses who have previously appeared before the commission are expected to return, including Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, Major-General Lesetja Senona and EMPD Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi.
Michaels said a number of new witnesses were also under subpoena to appear in the coming weeks.
The inquiry will continue to run its first two phases in parallel. Phase one deals with the airing of allegations, while phase two focuses on responses by implicated individuals to specific allegations against them and gives those implicated an opportunity to give their version.
The commission said an announcement would be made in due course on phase three, which will see Mkhwanazi, Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo, and others return to the witness stand.
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