Mchunu to appear before Madlanga Commission

Suspended police Minister Senzo Mchunu will appear before the Madlanga Commission of inquiry in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon.

Mchunu is one of the last witnesses set to testify before the commission this year.

The commission will conclude its public hearings for the year on Friday.

They are expected to file a three-month interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa in two weeks.

Following his appearance before Parliament's ad hoc committee probing police corruption in October, Mchunu will appear before the Madlanga Commission at 2pm.

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He is likely to speak on the 31 December 2024 disbandment letter of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), an issue that prompted KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to hold a briefing alleging corruption and malfeasane within the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 6 July 2025.

During his testimony before the ad hoc committee, Mchunu emphasised that he wrote the disbandment letter and was in a “sober mind” when doing so.

He further argued that the PKTT had been operating illegally post-2022 because the required annual extensions and approvals, particularly under the Public Finance Management Act, had not been granted.

But while Mchunu faces criticism around his decision to immediately disband the PKTT, he has also received praise for being the one who tasked the national Police Commissioner, Fanie Masemola, to investigate the R360-million SAPS tender awarded to criminally accused tender tycoon, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala.

Matlala, who has also been fingered in the R2 billion Special Investigating Unit Tembisa Hospital scandal, had his contract cancelled in May.