Ramaphosa welcomes the Madlanga Commission interim report

President Ramaphosa has directed the police minister and national commissioner to form a special task team for immediate probes into implicated SAPS and Ekurhuleni Metro officials to restore public trust, as the presidency has welcomed the Madlanga Commission's interim report. On the 13th of July 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System. This followed serious allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi about the existence and operation of a sophisticated criminal syndicate that has allegedly infiltrated the criminal justice system in South Africa.  The Commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, assisted by Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC and Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC, submitted its interim report on the 17th of December 2025 in line with the delivery timelines that had been determined by the President. The presidency says president Ramaphosa has studied the interim report and accepts its recommendations.