Madlanga Commission

Suspended South African Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has voluntarily handed over his electronic devices to investigators probing corruption allegations against him, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Mchunu, 67, submitted the devices to South African Police Service investigators on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption and political interference in law enforcement, […]

A suspended South African police chief has accused his deputy of corruption and fraud over an unauthorised agreement with a private security company linked to an alleged underworld figure. Jabulani Isaac Mapiyeye told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi signed a memorandum of agreement with Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s company, Cat VIP Security, […]

The recent sentencing of Angelo Agrizzi has reignited debate over the use of witness deals in tackling high-level corruption in South Africa. Agrizzi, the former Bosasa executive, received a 10-year sentence wholly suspended for five years in exchange for his cooperation with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). His case underscores a growing possibility that prosecutors […]

The head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence division told a judicial inquiry on Wednesday he was not consulted before suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu disbanded a unit investigating politically motivated killings. Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo said he learned about the decision to disband the Political Killing Task Team when Mchunu’s directive began circulating on social media […]

PRETORIA, 5 November 2025– Testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, the head of Crime Intelligence Division, Dumisani Khumalo, alleged that suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya instructed convicted tender tycoon Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala to open a false case of theft against members of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Khumalo told […]

Stuart James Scharnick denied on Wednesday being suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s bodyguard after Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga Commission he has 34 criminal cases on record. Scharnick said Khumalo was trying to mislead the commission investigating corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system by describing him as Sibiya’s “close […]

JOHANNESBURG, 3 November 2025– The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) were instructed to leave an operation in the North West province and respond to an incident at the Sandton residence of Katiso “KT” Molefe, the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has been told. Warrant Officer Sabelo Nkosi, a member of the Hawks’ Tactical Operations Management […]

JOHANNESBURG, 3 November 2025– A Gauteng Traffic Police pilot has testified that he was instructed by the Hawks to hover above the home of alleged cartel member Katiso “KT” Molefe during his arrest. Chief provincial inspector George Raftopoulous appeared before the Madlanga Commission on Monday, where he detailed his involvement in the operation carried out […]

CAPE TOWN, 31 October 2025– Fadiel Adams, a Member of Parliament for the National Coloured Congress, has declared that he will not hesitate to lay charges against Shadrack Sibiya, the suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, if allegations made against him prove to be true. The remarks came after testimony before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry […]

National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams said Thursday he will file criminal charges against suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya if allegations of receiving up to R1 million monthly in bribes prove true. The threat follows explosive testimony at the Madlanga Commission Wednesday where investigators played a recorded confession by attempted murder accused Vusimuzi […]