Johannesburg – The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing levelled against suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu and others has been delayed.
In a statement on Tuesday, 26 August 2025, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System said it “regrets to announce that its hearings will not commence on 1 September 2025 due to delays in the procurement of vital infrastructure”.
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Earlier this month, on 20 August 2025, the commission established to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi stated that the Department of
Justice and Constitutional Development was in the process of procuring the Commission’s
infrastructure requirements that were necessary for the Commission to commence its hearings.
The Commission also announced that its hearings would commence on 1 September 2025.
However, the Commission has now explained that it made this announcement based on unequivocal commitments made to it by the department that the requirements would have been procured in time.
“Unfortunately, those commitments have not been met,” the Commission stated.
“As a result, it has since become clear that the Commission will not be able to start the hearings as scheduled.
The Commission stated that if it were not for the lack of the requirements that the department has failed to procure, it would otherwise have been ready to commence the hearings on 1 September 2025.
The Commission said, regrettably, it was now left with no choice but to reschedule the starting date.
“What is most regrettable is that a substantial portion of the three-month period at the end of which the Commission is expected to submit an interim report has gone by without the Commission having heard a single witness,” the statement said.
“This is not of the Commission’s making.”
The Commission said it considers the best fix is a new date for the commencement of its hearings once everything that needs to be procured by the department is in place.
The Commission also assured South Africans that it was doing everything to ensure that the first witness would take the stand as soon as possible.
