President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged the Madlanga Commission’s second interim report, which calls for disciplinary proceedings and possible criminal investigations against suspended deputy national police commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, Witness G and businessman Brown Mogotsi.
The Presidency announced on Thursday that the commission, established under Section 84 of the Constitution, handed its second interim report to Ramaphosa on 29 May 2026.
Among its recommendations, the commission urged the Office of the Inspector-General for Intelligence, or another appropriate authority, to urgently probe an alleged covert Crime Intelligence operation involving Mogotsi and Witness G.
The Presidency said the referrals were based on prima facie evidence presented during the commission’s hearings and were made in accordance with its mandate to recommend urgent criminal and disciplinary action where necessary.
The matters identified in the latest report will now be investigated by the South African Police Service’s special investigations task team, which was created following the commission’s first interim findings.
The recommendations come after months of testimony that placed Sibiya and Nkosi at the centre of allegations involving businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and claims of political interference in police investigations.
Throughout his evidence, Sibiya denied accusations that he interfered in investigations, accepted money through intermediaries or worked with organised crime figures.
He also rejected allegations that he attempted to weaken the Political Killings Task Team, frequently challenging the commission’s questioning while defending his conduct.
Nkosi’s testimony, however, sharply contradicted Sibiya’s version of events.
The sergeant alleged that he served as a middleman for Sibiya by collecting cash from Matlala and suspected underworld figures, organising meetings and carrying out instructions relating to sensitive police matters.
He further testified about efforts to repair the strained relationship between Sibiya and KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
The conflicting accounts became one of the commission’s most significant disputes, with commissioners repeatedly comparing each version against documentary and electronic evidence.
The inquiry also heard claims that investigators from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) visited Nkosi while he was in prison in an attempt to convince him to implicate suspended National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo and Matlala.
Former Idac head Advocate Andrea Johnson told the commission that such conduct, if proven, would be “extremely serious” and contrary to accepted investigative standards.
The Madlanga Commission is due to present its final report to President Ramaphosa on 16 November 2026.
