Ramaphosa takes credit for Madlanga commission, says ANC did not betray SA

President Cyril Ramaphosa says his government is now focusing on rebuilding the South African police service after discovering that it had been infiltrated by criminal elements. He was speaking while out on the election campaign trail in Johannesburg on Sunday. He said that when he came in as president his administration had already identified several state institutions that were going rogue and needed intervention.

Rebuilding Saps through the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is one of the key interventions his administration has undertaken to root out corruption and criminality within the criminal justice system. Ramaphosa said that the ANC has not betrayed the country, but has instead been working to fix the problems that were inherited from the previous administration.

President Ramaphosa once again expresses his deepest appreciation for the work conducted by the commission as well as for the manner in which law enforcement agencies are following up testimony emerging from commission hearings.

The commission, which is chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, was established by Ramaphosa after KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made a series of serious allegations about interference and corruption within law-enforcement structures in July 2025. The commission has already submitted two interim reports to the president and is expected to submit its final report in January 2027.