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The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, better known as the Madlanga Commission, is a public inquiry announced in July 2025 by President Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of collusion and corruption between politicians, senior police, prosecutors, intelligence operatives and elements of the judiciary, in South Africa. [1] [2] [3]
It is chaired by Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. Hearings commenced on 17 September 2025 with Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s testimony, where he explained his allegations in full and presented evidence he had, in the form of documents, communications, or reports, among others, to establish the veracity of his allegations. [4] [5] [6]
Following Mkwanazi, it was the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Fannie Masemola who gave evidence at the Madlanga Commission on 22 September, 2025 in Pretoria. [7] [8]
On 6 July, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi held a press briefing at the SAPS Provincial Headquarters in Durban. During the briefing, he accused then–Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu of interfering in ongoing investigations.Mkhwanazi subsequently registered a criminal complaint against Mchunu, alleging political interference in the work of the South African Police Service's ('SAPS') Political Killings Task Team ('PKTT'), which had been established to investigate politically motivated murders. [9]
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