29-07-2025
Madlanga commission to cost taxpayers R147.9m over six months
'The estimated budget for the commission over six months is R147.9m.'
On Monday the commission chairperson, acting deputy chief justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, said work had started and they were treating the matter with urgency.
The commission is set to begin in August, with the first interim report to be submitted to President Cyril Ramaphosa within the first three months.
Madlanga said the inquiry would sit in Gauteng at a soon-to-be-announced venue, as the commission was still procuring premises.
The commission comes after serious allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that police minister Senzo Mchunu and deputy police commissioner for crime detection Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya worked in cahoots with criminals.
Mchunu and Sibiya have since been placed on 'leave of absence'.
Mkhwanazi alleged Mchunu and Sibiya were connected to criminals who run a drug syndicate from Gauteng and they were influenced by criminals to disband the political killings task team which was doing a good job.
The commission will also probe:
the Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metropolitan police departments;
the National Prosecuting Authority;
the SAPS; and
the judiciary.
