Ad Hoc Committee on Mkhwanazi allegations gets November deadline


Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, which is looking into concerns around national security, has a new deadline of the end of November to complete its work.

The committee was established to investigate wide-ranging allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in July.

Originally, the committee had a deadline of the end of October to report back to the National Assembly.

Among others, the committee faced delays because Mkhwanazi was occupied at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.

The committee wrote a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, to apply for an extension of their deadline.

Parliament’s Legal Advisor Dr Thulisile Ganyaza-Twalo says it was granted.

“Chairperson, in applying for the extension, the Speaker granted a new deadline would be 28 November.”