Parly ad hoc committee probing police corruption claims to reconvene to adopt terms of reference
The committee was meant to adopt and finalise the terms of reference last week, but MPs failed to agree on the final draft and deferred the matter to today.
The ad hoc committee investigating allegations made by KZN Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi elected Molapi Soviet Lekganyane as its chairperson on 5 August 2025. Picture: Zwelethemba Kostile/ParliamentofRSA
CAPE TOWN - Parliament’s ad hoc committee probing allegations of police corruption made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will reconvene on Monday to adopt its terms of reference.
The committee was meant to adopt and finalise the terms of reference last week, but MPs failed to agree on the final draft and deferred the matter to today.
According to the draft terms of reference, the scope of the parliamentary inquiry will zoom in on interference within the police, including executive oversight and alleged operational interference by suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.
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Last week, political parties made several submissions on what should be included in the terms of reference before the ad hoc committee could start its work.
On the scope of the inquiry, the African National Congress (ANC) proposed that the evidence of Mkhwanazi that was before the committee must be used as a "basis to establish the approach the committee will take on the appropriate witnesses to be invited".
Members have also called on Mkhwanazi to appear as a material witness.
The parties also want the committee to invite all persons, including those incarcerated in South Africa’s correctional centres and identified as witnesses by the committee, to submit a sworn written statement and to appear before the members where deemed necessary.
Legal advisor, Andile Tetyana, told the committee that public participation would form a central part of the process.
"We think that this committee will advise us in terms of what form should that public participation take and of course, in our view, it would make good sense to invite all interested parties to provide input if they wish to do so."
Once it adopts the terms of reference, the ad hoc committee will begin its inquiry and call witnesses in Johannesburg, before moving its business back to Cape Town after the parliamentary recess.