Ramaphosa says Madlanga commission must be free from interference, defends SAPS

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Ramaphosa says Madlanga commission must be free from interference, defends SAPS

President Cyril Ramaphosa has asserted that the ongoing Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality and Political Interference within South Africa's Criminal Justice System must proceed thoroughly and entirely without interference.

Writing in his weekly newsletter on Monday, the President addressed the "deeply disturbing" allegations of criminal infiltration and corruption within the nation's law enforcement apparatus.

He emphasised that South Africans deserve "absolute clarity", stating that citizens are…