State capture, sabotage, and cartel ties over 10 days

OVER the past 10 days, the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has peeled back layers of alleged corruption, political sabotage, and state capture within South Africa's criminal justice system, exposing a network of collusion between senior law enforcement officials, politicians, and criminal syndicates.

- KAMOGELO MOICHELA SIMON MAJADIBODU

The commission was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged political interference in the SAPS and protection of criminal networks, including within the judiciary.

The commission started on September 17, with Mkhwanazi as the first witness, where he accused the suspended police minister of disbanding a task team probing political killings. He also warned that South Africa’s justice system was facing collapse.

There have been five witnesses who have testified so far.

They include Lt-Gen Mkhwanazi, National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, police expert Major-General Petronella van Rooyen, KZN NPA head Elaine Harrison, and Crime Intelligence boss Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo.

These five delivered explosive testimony revealing how the integrity of South Africa's justice institutions has been deliberately undermined.

Top cop Mkhwanazi alleged that the arrest of Khumalo was no coincidence but rather a calculated move to sabotage investigations into major drug cartels and organised crimes.