President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will wait for the Madlanga Commission to finish its work before deciding what to do about suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. Mchunu was put on special leave last year after allegations of corruption and political interference were made against him. These claims are now being examined by the commission. Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said Mchunu still needs to return to the commission to complete his testimony. “He still has more evidence to give to the…

It is necessary to clarify from the outset: this opinion piece is not written by a political scientist but by a decolonial, Africana scholar. My interest lies not in the mere mechanics of “governance” or the liberal tropes of “good administration,” but in the more profound, more haunting questions of power, continuity, and the persistent coloniality that governs the South African state. For too long, the South African public has been fed a sanitised account of our transition; a narrative of…

Police are investigating an attempted murder after a man linked to testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry survived a shooting incident in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, early on Thursday. The shooting occurred in Van Dyk Park, within the Dawnpark policing precinct, on 5 February 2026. The victim, identified as Wiandre Pretorius, was not injured in the attack. Gauteng SAPS spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi confirmed the incident, saying a case of attempted murder had been opened. “The police are investigating an attempted…

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday heard testimony alleging that senior South African Police Service (SAPS) officers used state resources to silence social media commentator Musa Khawula after he published posts implicating alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala in serious criminal activities. Testifying under the pseudonym Witness F, a senior police officer told the commission that in October 2024, he was instructed by suspended Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya to assist in the arrest of Khawula on charges of…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has publicly released the names of senior police officers and municipal officials implicated in the Madlanga Commission’s three-month interim report, marking a dramatic escalation in a probe that has laid bare alleged criminal syndicates operating inside South Africa’s criminal justice system. The interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, chaired by retired constitutional court justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, identifies prima facie evidence of wrongdoing against a number…

The on-ice Minister of Police, and ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member, Senzo Mchunu, has come out to refute allegations that have been made against him by Witness E at the Madlanga Commission on Monday this week. Mchunu said the allegations are not true, and he will seek the right to respond at the commission. Witness E is an intelligence operative who is now under witness protection due to safety fears. Among the allegations was that Mchunu traced him and…

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry chaired by Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga opened its 2026 public hearings with explosive testimony that laid bare alleged political meddling, abuse of power and deep rot within the criminal justice system — particularly around KwaZulu-Natal’s long history of political killings. From the outset, Monday’s proceedings at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria set a combative tone, with senior police officials and a protected undercover operative painting a disturbing picture of interference at the highest levels…

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System resumes its public hearings on Monday, marking its first sitting for 2026 and a continuation of its probe into alleged political interference in law enforcement. Proceedings, which begin at 09h30 at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria, will again focus on the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). This follows testimony in December 2025 by suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who…

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi delivered a series of startling claims when he testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on Tuesday. Mogotsi told the commission that he has long operated as an agent for the country’s Crime Intelligence and that he was first recruited in 1991. He said his work as an intelligence operative for the South African Police Service relied on the use of active informants to gather information and support investigations. During his testimony, Mogotsi…

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that the employee who deleted the criminal records of Stuart James Scharnick, a close associate of suspended Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, is based at the national Criminal Records Centre in Pretoria, not in KwaZulu-Natal as initially believed. This revelation came during a press briefing in Durban on Thursday, where acting provincial commissioner for detection, Major-General Anthony Gopaul, provided a detailed account of Scharnick’s criminal history and ongoing…