By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has submitted its Second Interim Report to President Cyril Ramaphosa and will resume public hearings on Monday, June 1, 2026.
The Commission said in a statement late on Friday that the report had been handed to the president in line with the deadline set when its term was extended.
Commission chairperson, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, assisted by Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC and Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC, was appointed by Ramaphosa on 23 July 2025 to investigate allegations made about criminal infiltration of SAPS on 6 July 2025 by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
The Commission submitted its first interim report on 17 December 2025 before taking a break from public hearings. It resumed work on 5 January 2026 and began public hearings again on 26 January.
Since then, the Commission has heard evidence from 32 witnesses over 64 days of hearings, covering the South African Police Service, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department and the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department, read the statement.
Ramaphosa extended the commission’s term on 12 March 2026, moving its deadline from 17 March to 31 August 2026. The extension required the commission to submit a second interim report by 29 May 2026 and a final report by 31 August 2026.
The president said he will study the second interim report he has received from the Commission.
“President Ramaphosa will study the latest report while the Commission continues its proceedings. The president has expressed his appreciation for the interim report as well as his expectation that the Commission will, as part of its terms of reference, refer actions thought to be criminal acts for prosecution,” said Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya.
The commission is expected to resume public hearings on Monday, 1 June 2026, with further testimony relating to the Port Shepstone drug bust.
It will continue to run phases one and two in parallel, with phase one being the airing of allegations, and phase two broadly being the responses by implicated individuals to specific allegations against them as well as giving those implicated persons the opportunity to tell their side of the story.
A witness expected to testify on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 has applied for permission for their evidence to be heard in-camera, or alternatively for their identity to be protected in terms of Rule 4.3.
According to the application, the witness seeks an order prohibiting the media and the public from publishing photos, names, addresses, or any details that may reveal their identity.
Meanwhile the urgent application brought by Deputy Crime Intelligence head Feroz Khan has been struck from the High Court roll after being rendered moot.
Khan had approached the Johannesburg High Court seeking the return of electronic devices seized during a raid on his home.
He argued they contain highly sensitive information that could place lives at risk if accessed.
On Friday, 29 May 2026 however, the court heard that the Madlanga Commission has since requested the devices, meaning they are no longer under police control.
Khan, and his co-accused, businessman Tariq Downes, and Gauteng Hawks head Major General Ebrahim Kadwa were granted R20 000 bail by the Kempton Park Magistrates Court in their unlawful possession of unwrought gold case. The case was postponed to July 14 for further investigations.