What to expect from the inquiry into SAPS ‘capture’, with Karyn Maughan

Another year, another commission of inquiry. Mbuyiseli Madlanga, the soon-to-be retiring deputy chief justice, will be chairing the country’s umpteenth commission of inquiry, this time broadly looking into alleged criminal and political interference in the South African Police Service (SAPS).This follows KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s claims that the SAPS has been captured by criminal syndicates. The inquiry’s scope will be broader than just the police; it will hone in on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the State Security Agency, the Judiciary, and even certain metro police departments. Reacting to the President’s Sunday address in this Monday edition of The Lead is specialist legal journalist, Karyn Maughan. We also look at the president’s executive consents to lifestyle audits and two Kalahari lions that now the Eastern Cape home. You can send show host Graeme Raubenheimer a short voice note with your questions or thoughts on this episode to our official The Lead WhatsApp line, that’s: +27 72 562 3179. Mail your comments to thelead@24.com. Editions drop on Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.