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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INQUIRY: LATEST REPORTING DEADLINE EXTENSION GAZETTED
- 04 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
- SA Legal Academy
The Department of Justice & Constitutional Development has gazetted a fourth set of amendments to the Madlanga Inquiry’s terms of reference. The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference & Corruption in the Criminal Justice System now has:
- until 31 October 2026 to submit its final report (a two-month extension to the deadline prescribed in a 9 June 2026 amending proclamation), and
- immediately following the report’s submission, a 45-day ‘winding down phase’ (15 days less than the 60 days allowed in the 9 June 2026 amending proclamation).
This is noting that the inquiry’s August 2025 regulations on search and seizure were amended in June 2026 to allow persons authorised by the chairman to issue directives. SA Legal Academy reported on this at the time.
Presumably, the latest proclamation nullifies the 2 October 2026 ‘evidence deadline’ and 16 November 2026 findings submission deadline announced in a 9 July Presidency media statement on which SA Legal Academy also reported. As far as can be ascertained, these dates were never confirmed by proclamation in the Government Gazette.
- latest proclamation
- 9 July 2026 Presidency media statement
- 9 June 2026 proclamation
- SA Legal Academy report
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