Senzo Mchunu Is Expected To Appear Before the Ad Hoc Committee

Senzo Mchunu Is Expected To Appear Before the Ad Hoc Committee

  • The Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu, is expected to testify before the Ad Hoc Committee in Parliament in the Western Cape
  • The Ad hoc Committee was formed to investigate, among others, Mchunu's alleged interference with the work of the South African Police Service
  • He and suspended National Police Commissioner General Sharack Sibiya were accused of colluding to disband the Political Killings Task Team

With 10 years’ experience, Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk, South Africa, provided insights into the criminal justice system, crime statistics, commissions of inquiry, and high-profile cases in South Africa at Daily Sun.

Senzo Mchunu is expected to testify before the Ad Hoc Committee
Senzo Mchunu will be in Parliament to testify. Image: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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PARLIAMENT, WESTERN CAPE — Police Minister Senzo Mchunu will testify before the Ad Hoc Committee in Parliament.

Mchunu is expected to appear before the Committee on 16 October 2025 to begin his testimony. This was after Mchunu and Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya were implicated in the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team.

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The Ad Hoc Committee and the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry were established to investigate the alleged infiltration of the criminal justice system by a criminal cartel headquartered in Gauteng but operating nationwide.

Mchunu implicated in Committee and Commission

Testimonies from various top police officials, including KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner General Nhlangla Mkhwanazi and National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, implicated Mchunu. Mchunu has been accused of interfering with the work of the police on more than one occasion. He was also accused of protecting criminal syndicates.

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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.