'Postpone Madlanga Commission'

THE uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has called for Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga to postpone the proceedings set to begin tomorrow at Bridgette Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria, citing the party's court application contesting the Commission's legality.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

MKP national spokesperson Nhl-amulo Ndhlela said the party, along with former President Jacob Zuma, in his personal capacity, had filed a court application with the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, that challenged the Commission's composition, and the sitting was scheduled for Thursday.

The commission was set to investigate alleged corruption within South Africa's criminal justice system following explosive allegations made by the SAPS's KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, on July 6.

He claimed there was political interference in the system, and accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and the Deputy SAPS Commissioner, Shadrack Sibiya, of conspiring to disband the Political Killings Task Team.

Both Mchunu and Sibiya have denied the allegations.

Mkhwanazi was expected to be the commission's first witness, and to testify for three to four days.