The Madlanga Commission is now scheduled to submit its second interim report to the President on May 29 and its final report by August 31.

This followed the granting of an extension by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the request of the Commission owing to the number of persons who must still appear.

Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System in July 2025, following allegations made by South African Police Service (SAPS) KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi about the existence and operation of a criminal syndicate that had allegedly infiltrated the criminal justice system.

The Commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, assisted by Advocate Sesi Baloyi and Advocate Sandile Khumalo, submitted its interim report to the President in December.

The commission has made several referrals concerning allegations of criminality, corruption, fraud, murder, perjury and other unlawful actions by officials and officers in the employ of the SAPS, the City of Ekurhuleni and the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD).

Ramaphosa has since accepted the recommendations made in the interim report and welcomed the referrals by the Commission for immediate criminal investigations and urgent decisions on prosecution, as well as recommendations on the employment status and recommended suspension of some individuals.

In January, he directed acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia and SAPS National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola to constitute a special investigations task team to investigate prima facie evidence of wrongdoing by people identified in the Madlanga Commission’s interim report.