THE Madlanga Judicial Commission has been hit with a postponement due to procurement matters.
It was meant to sit on September 1 2025, and this irked some political parties.
The Madlanga Commission, to be chaired by a retired Judge Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, was established by President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa.
Its scope is to investigate allegations by KwaZulu-Natal’s Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who on July 6, exposed criminality, political interference and corruption that criminals had infiltrated law enforcement, state intelligence, the judiciary and associated institutions within the criminal justice system.
As a result, the minister of Police- Senzo Mchunu, and Lt Shadrack Sibiya, (who are both on suspensions) amongst others, were implicated and certain figures are appearing in court.
At the time of publishing, the minister of Justice Mamoloko Kubayi was to address the media on what led to the postponement, and if procurement issue was the only main reason.
In statement released on Tuesday, by commission’s spokesperson Jeremy Michaels said when they stated last week they would commence on September 1, this was based on “unequivocal commitments” made to it by the department of justice & constitutional development that the requirements would have been procured in time.
“Unfortunately, those commitments have not been met. As a result, it has since become clear that the commission will not be able to start the hearings as scheduled. But for the lack of the requirements that the department has failed to procure, the commission would otherwise have been ready to commence the hearings on September 1.”
“Regrettably, the commission is now left with no choice but to reschedule the starting date. What is most regrettable is that a substantial portion of the three-month period at the end of which the commission is expected to submit an interim report has gone by without the commission having heard a single witness. This is not of the commission’s making.”
“The commission considers it best to fix a new date for the commencement of its hearings once everything that needs to be procured by the department is in place. It also wishes to assure South Africans that it is doing everything within its power to ensure that the first witness will take the stand as soon as possible after everything has been procured by the department,” Michaels said, who further indicated, they will reschedule to a later date due to delays in the procurement of vital infrastructure.
EFF and other political parties are unhappy with the delay citing political interference, cost associated with the commission, amongst others.
Image (The Madlanga Commission to be chaired by retired Judge Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, delayed due to procurement issues).
