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Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry at the inquiry’s sitting in Pretoria, 5 Dec 2025.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the interim report of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System.
Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has confirmed this in a statement.
The handing over of the Madlanga Commission interim report to President Ramaphosa marks three months since KwaZulu-Natal police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi took to the stand at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in September.
Magwenya says the president will study the report.
“President Ramaphosa will study the interim report while the Commission, which is in recess, prepares to hear further testimony from new witnesses or persons who have previously testified. President Ramaphosa has expressed his appreciation for the interim report as well as his expectation that the Commission will, as part of its terms of reference, refer actions thought to be criminal acts for prosecution.”
The Commission has so far heard 37 witnesses over 45 days of hearings, ranging from public to partially public hearings, with one also being in-camera.
The interim report is expected to give a sense of the kind of problem, if any, that the country may be facing in the criminal justice system.
Its contents, however, will not be made available to the public.
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