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Madlanga Commission of Inquiry · South Africa

South Africa's police was corrupted.
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149,530
claims extracted from testimony
132
hearing days on record
489
named individuals in the record
906
contradictions identified
From the record — 906 contradictions identified
Certain
Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi
Statement 1
"I was suspended 2023"
Day 44
Statement 2
"Mr Mkhwanazi was suspended sometimes in February"
Day 56
Statement 3
"He was suspended in December 2025"
Day 57
2023 vs December 2025 are conflicting suspension years; February is incompatible with December. Genuine conflict on same single suspension date.
Likely
Mr. Shadrack Sibiya
Statement A
"you did not change the name on the implementation plan"
Day 62
Statement B
"Consequently, I changed the name on the implementation plan to my own"
Day 62
Same entity, same act on same implementation plan: one says did not change the name, other says did change it to own name.
Likely
Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
Statement A
"I did not engage the journalist"
Day 3
Statement B
"I only gave a full response on the question he asked me"
Day 3
Cannot both not engage the journalist and give a full response to the journalist's question at the same time.
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The People

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