Ramaphosa Spokesperson Weighs In on President Testifying at Ad Hoc Committee and Madlanga Commission

Ramaphosa Spokesperson Weighs In on President Testifying at Ad Hoc Committee and Madlanga Commission

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said that the president is keeping an eye on the Ad Hoc Committee and the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry
  • He established the Commission of Inquiry in July after KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged that the criminal justice system was infiltrated
  • Magwenya also discussed the possibility of Ramaphosa testifying during the proceedings after his office was implicated

Tebogo Mokwena, Inquiry Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk, South Africa, covered a range of criminal activities, including cash-in-transit heists, kidnappings, taxi violence, police investigations, police shootouts, and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years.

Cyril Ramaphosa's office discussed the possibility of him testifying before the Madlanga Committee
Cyril Ramaphosa could testify in Parliament. Image: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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PRETORIA, GAUTENG — President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, discussed the possibility of Ramaphosa testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry and the Ad Hoc Committee.

Speaking in Tshwane on 13 October 2025, Magwenya said that the president is monitoring the Commission of Inquiry and the Ad Hoc Committee. He said that there has not been any evidence against Ramaphosa in the Ad Hoc Committee proceedings. He said that the president, if called to testify, will emphasise that he did not interfere in the work of the South African police Service.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa established the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on 13 July 2025. This was after KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged that a criminal cartel had infiltrated the country's criminal justice system.

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a current affairs writer at Briefly News. With a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON, he has a strong background in digital journalism, having completed training with the Google News Initiative. He began his career as a journalist at Daily Sun, where he worked for four years before becoming a sub-editor and journalist at Capricorn Post. He then joined Vutivi Business News in 2020 before moving to Briefly News in 2023.