Overview

• Public hearings began on 7 October with a heated challenge from MPs over a ‘supplementary’ statement, prompting an adjournment before Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi was sworn in to testify.
• Mkhwanazi reiterated allegations that the NPA’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption engineered Crime Intelligence head Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo’s arrest to derail investigations in Gauteng.
• EFF leader Julius Malema and MK Party MPs rejected reliance on material prepared for the Madlanga commission, while evidence leader Adv Norman Arendse adjusted the wording to satisfy the committee’s record requirements.
• Mkhwanazi said he holds sensitive records and recordings that may require in‑camera sessions and outlined lawful routes for accessing personal devices and intelligence intercepts, responding to comments by businessman Brown Mogotsi.
• He also linked Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, on special leave, and chief of staff Cedrick Nkabinde to earlier controversies, as the parliamentary inquiry proceeds in parallel with the Madlanga commission with further witnesses expected.