Thursday, 6 August 2026

Madlanga Commission heard IDAC’s case-selection manual was meant to block political interference, with matters assessed, scored and recommended before authorisation, and claims that high-profile targets were being selected for removal from office.

The commission also recommended discipline and criminal investigation of four people, including suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, Sergeant Fanin Kawzi, alleged fixer Brown Mogotsi and Witness G.

Suspended Ekurhuleni metro police chief Julius Mkwanazi and four others appeared in the Brakpan Magistrates Court on murder and defeating the ends of justice charges over businessman Emmanuel Mbense’s alleged torture and killing in 2022.

Police raids in the Pietermaritzburg CBD led to more than 30 arrests, several shop closures for missing permits, drugs found at two locations, and suspects accused of employing undocumented workers.

Government lawyers defending the Expropriation Act conceded one clause has a drafting flaw around compensation disputes, but argued the rest should stand and that the law is central to land reform.