US EditionNational Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola to testify before Madlanga Commission on Monday
General Fannie Masemola will address claims of political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system, following Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's allegations about criminal syndicates in SAPS.
- National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola is giving testimony today at the Judicial Commission investigating criminality and corruption in Pretoria.
- The commission was established after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged criminal syndicates infiltrated the police and political interference influenced the disbanding of the Political Killings Task Team.
- Mkhwanazi completed a three-day testimony last week but provided limited hard evidence, leading the Ad Hoc Committee in Parliament to invite sworn written submissions relevant to the inquiry's scope.
- Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels said on Sunday that if evidence is not forthcoming, the inquiry risks becoming "a squabble with no conclusion," while ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula urged South Africans to allow the commission to operate without interference.
- If the Madlanga Commission proves systemic criminal infiltration and names culprits, it could trigger criminal investigations and reforms, but failure might deepen public cynicism about justice.
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Mbalula calls for Madlanga Commission to operate without hindrance
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System (Madlanga Commission) must be allowed to operate without interference. Speaking at the ANC’s roll-call report-back meeting, Mbalula urged South Africans to give the commission space to carry out its mandate. COMMISSION URGED TO WORK FREELY The former police…
'I would disobey' the Minister on police operations: Masemola - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has admitted that he would disobey an instruction from Police Minister Senzo Mchunu if it violated operational matters in the police force. Masemola is giving testimony at the Madlanga Commissioner of Inquiry on the disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Masemola’s comments come as Mchunu took a decision to disband the PKTT last year, without the go-ahead from th…
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