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The commissions.
Every thread. One place.

Every controversial commission of inquiry in South Africa, tracked in one place. Timelines, actors, sources and an AI Thread that links every event. Start with the Mkhwanazi press conference and follow every thread from there.

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Commissions & inquiries
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Actors mapped
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The Commissions

Origin event — the press conference that started it all

The Briefing — 6 July 2025

The Mkhwanazi press conference: an hour-long briefing at SAPS Provincial HQ Durban that detonated the Madlanga Commission, the Ad Hoc Committee and a national reset of policing.

SITTING Chair: Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi 8 events
Judicial Commission of Inquiry

The Madlanga Commission

The national inquiry born from Mkhwanazi's briefing: cartel infiltration of police, prosecutors and intelligence; a murdered witness; and 159 sitting days and counting.

SITTING Chair: Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga (retired Constitutional Court) 26 events
SAPS task team — disbandment controversy

The Political Killings Task Team

Created in 2018 to solve KZN's political murders, the PKTT became the fuse of the national crisis when Police Minister Senzo Mchunu ordered its disbandment on 31 December 2024.

SITTING Chair: Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi (oversight) · Minister Senzo Mchunu (disbandment order) 7 events
Parliamentary ad hoc committee inquiry

Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee on the Allegations by General Mkhwanazi

The parliamentary inquiry into the PKTT disbandment and the allegations of corruption and political interference inside SAPS — the stage where Mchunu, Shongwe and Johnson all testified.

SITTING Chair: Molapi Soviet Lekganyane (MP) 7 events
Judicial Commission of Inquiry

The TRC Cases Inquiry

Announced 29 May 2025, the Khampepe-chaired inquiry into whether attempts were made to stop the investigation and prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases — with hearings underway in Johannesburg since February 2026.

SITTING Chair: Justice Sisi Khampepe (retired Constitutional Court) 4 events
Chapter 9 institution — national investigative hearing

SAHRC National Investigative Hearing — July 2021 Unrest

The SAHRC's National Investigative Hearing into the July 2021 unrest — 354 deaths, R50-billion in damage — where Mkhwanazi first clashed with political leadership in 2021.

SITTING Chair: SAHRC (South African Human Rights Commission) 4 events
Special Investigating Unit — presidential proclamations

SIU Proclamations — 2026 Tracker

A rolling tracker of the presidential proclamations authorising SIU corruption investigations in 2026: PSIRA's training scandal, Mangaung's nine contracts, Gauteng Health tenders and municipal probes.

SITTING Chair: President Cyril Ramaphosa (proclaiming authority) · SIU 6 events
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Latest on the thread

2026-11-16 CJCDeadline: final report due 16 November 2026 The Presidency 2026-08-20 CJCAhead: 10 officers back in the Durban Regional Court The Citizen 2026-08-14 CJCDay 159: the commission lays criminal charges against Carrim Madlanga Commission Public Record (tracker) 2026-08-13 CJCDay 158: 'They killed him the next day' — the Morningside shooting Madlanga Commission Public Record (tracker) 2026-08-12 CJCNew phase: were KZN task teams 'hit squads under the cover of law'? The Citizen 2026-08-04 SIUTwo major state entities added — details awaited TimesLIVE 2026-08-03 SIUProclamation 329 of 2026 — Mangaung's nine contracts and Gauteng Health IOL 2026-08-01 SIUEastern Cape water project probe widened News24 2026-07-31 PARLIAMENTSenior IDAC investigator accuses Johnson of misleading Parliament EWN 2026-07-30 CJCIDAC implodes: suspensions, resignations and a six-month reset Madlanga Commission Public Record (tracker) 2026-07-28 CJCJohnson: coordinated attack 'makes reasonable sense' SABC News 2026-07-27 CJCNPA provisionally withdraws the Khumalo case Madlanga Commission Public Record (tracker) 2026-07-26 CJCJohnson resigns as IDAC head Mail & Guardian 2026-07-25 CJCMkhwanazi's mandate extended beyond KZN The Citizen 2026-07-23 CJCAndrea Johnson faces five days of grilling SABC News
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Our AI terminal links events across commissions. Ask it anything — every answer cites the record.
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Ask the Thread

The Thread is The Monexus terminal AI, grounded in this desk's knowledge base. Ask it to connect events — "What did Mkhwanazi say about the task team, and how does it link to the July unrest hearings?" — and it answers with clickable citations into the record.