Mkhwanazi’s ‘too grave to contemplate’ allegations gain grim weight

Daily Maverick | 18.09.2026 06:02
A year after Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi appeared as the first witness before the Madlanga Commission with allegations Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga described as ‘too grave to contemplate’, the commission chair has delivered his starkest assessment yet: the evidence points to serious criminality within South Africa’s criminal justice system and the infiltration of state institutions by criminal networks.