The GOOD Party has proposed turning the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into a permanent police integrity tribunal. The party says the proposed body should progressively remove what it describes as “rotten apples” from law enforcement.
GOOD Cape Town mayoral candidate Brett Herron said the initiative was particularly important for a city facing high levels of gang violence and murder.
Herron described Cape Town as South Africa’s gang and murder capital and said the city required greater national attention.
The Madlanga Commission has examined allegations of corruption involving police and prosecutorial officials since its establishment following claims made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in 2025. GOOD believes the commission’s work could provide the foundation for a permanent accountability mechanism.
Madlanga Commission Could Become Police Integrity Tribunal
Herron said a permanent tribunal could investigate a range of alleged wrongdoing beyond the matters currently before the commission.
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This could include the withdrawal of tender corruption charges involving a former City of Cape Town mayoral committee member, alleged construction mafia activity and other discrepancies within the city administration. GOOD also wants alleged links between gangsters and police officers examined.
GOOD Party Wants Police Corruption Probed
Herron praised the work of the commission and its commissioners in examining alleged misconduct within law enforcement.
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“The sterling work of the judge and his co-commissioners has done more than spotlight dirty police and metro law enforcement officials at national level, in KwaZulu-Natal and the Ekurhuleni municipality. It is demonstrating to South Africa that accountability and the rule of law are not dead.”
Herron said improving policing alone would not immediately eliminate gangsterism in Cape Town. He said cleaning up the police would not be a “magic potion” capable of making the city’s long-established culture of gangsterism disappear.
