Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations raised by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has asked National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza for another extension to complete its draft report.
The committee’s latest deadline expired on Friday, 11 September. Chairperson Soviet Lekganyane said members were still working through the evidence and formulating findings and recommendations.
Parliament said the committee had processed a large volume of oral evidence, documents and sworn affidavits. Members are now examining submissions line by line before the report is presented to the National Assembly.
Lekganyane said the committee needed more time to produce fair and legally sound findings. He also pointed to disagreements over wording in the draft and poor attendance by some members as factors that had slowed the work.
The committee has completed its public hearing phase. Its inquiry followed allegations made by Mkhwanazi about political interference, police operations and organised crime.
Several of the claims considered by the committee remain allegations. Its draft has not been adopted, and no final parliamentary findings should be inferred from members’ comments during deliberations.
Parliament said party deployments ahead of the local government elections had also affected attendance. Lekganyane asked the committee secretariat to remind absent members that deliberations were continuing.
The requested extension must still be considered by the Speaker. Parliament had not announced a revised deadline in its latest statement.
Once completed, the committee’s report will set out its findings and recommendations for consideration by the National Assembly. Until then, the deliberations remain part of an unfinished parliamentary process.
