KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions Elaine Harrison is expected to focus on the Political Killings Task Team during her testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry sitting in Pretoria. The commission is probing allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi…
Major General Petronella van Rooyen testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Governance, Legislation and Policy Head Major General Petronella van Rooyen as urged the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to focus on the legal implications of political interference in police operations. Her comments followed the embattled Police Minister Senzo…
Police officers stand to attention while doing a drill. Head of the Police Legal Services Major General Petronella Van Rooyen has urged the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria to focus on the legal aspects and implications of political interference in South African Police Service (SAPS). General Van Rooyen says this will help minimize political interference in…
Kenny Kunene addresses delegates at during a #FixingPA Program meeting in Mpumalanga on 24 August 2024. Proponents of the Government of National Unity are hoping to see it complete its full term but cracks are again beginning to show in the 10-party pact. The Patriotic Alliance (PA) is threatening to pull out of the GNU…
Ekurhuleni’s deputy metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng has called for the suspension of the municipality’s deputy metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The call comes as the City of Tshwane council sits this afternoon to deliberate on a number of issues and Mkhwanazi’s possible precautionary suspension over alleged links to controversial businessman…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu presents the quarterly crime statistics The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has heard that Senzo Mchunu’s function as Police Minister is to formulate policing policy in consultation with provincial governments. This is according to Patronella Van Rooyen, who is the head of Governance, Legislation and Policy at the Legal Services…
Major General Petronella van Rooyen testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on 25 September 2025. Police Major General Petronella van Rooyen has told the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that the authority to disband the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) lies exclusively with National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola. The hearing has been adjourned until Friday. Van Rooyen is the head of Governance, Legislation and…
Major General Petronella van Rooyen testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The third witness testifying in the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, Major General Petronella van Rooyen from the Police Service, has told the Inquiry that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu had no authority to disband the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team. Van Rooyen, who is…
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga chairing the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System in Pretoria on September 22, 2025. Day six of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry will hear testimony on the legislative framework governing the South African Police Service (SAPS). President Cyril Ramaphosa established the commission…
African National Congress (ANC) Greater Johannesburg Regional Chairperson Dada Morero addresses the party’s 113 anniversary in Alexandra on February 2, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) Johannesburg Regional Chairperson Dada Morero says they are not going to embark on a popular contest of throwing names around for the 2026 Local Government Elections. Some political parties have…
