CCT 90/26 Zuma v The Chairperson of the Commission: Commissioner Sisi Khampepe 2026
29 June 2026: Judgment Reserved
WATCH TESTIMONIES:
20 JULY 2026: ADV LEDWABA
21 JULY 2026: MIN MADUNA
22 JULY 2026: ADV MATZKE
23 JULY 2026: MIN SURTY
24 JULY 2026: MIN JEFFREY
TRANSCRIPTS:
- 2OTH JULY 2026 – CROSS EXAMINATION OF MR LEDWABA
- 21ST JULY 2026 – DR P MADUNA
- 22 JULY 2026 – ADV MATZKE
- 23RD OF JULY 2026 – DEPUTY MINISTER SURTY
- 24TH JULY 2026 – DEPUTY MINISTER JEFFEREY
MEDIA REPORTS:
Former Scorpions head returns to hot seat
Mail and Guardian: Kenneth Kgwadi
Former senior executives from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and former Ministers of Justice and Constitutional Development appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry in Johannesburg, facing interrogation over the reluctance to prosecute TRC cases.
https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-07-23-former-scorpions-head-returns-to-hot-seat/
Mohamed Surty: Former justice minister links TRC case delays to election pressures
IOL Siyabonga Sithole 23 July 2026
Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mohamed Surty, who served a brief tenure as minister from September 2008 until May 2009, has suggested that the elections and the ongoing Ginwala Commission of Inquiry probing advocate Vusi Pikoli’s fitness to hold office could have played a role in the delay in prosecuting TRC cases.
On Thursday, Surty appeared before the TRC Cases Inquiry probing political interference with TRC cases, alleged by the families of the victims of apartheid-era-crimes. He indicated that, aside from a memorandum from the then Acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Mokotedi Mpshe, proposing the re-establishment of the TRC Task Team, he had not engaged with any matters related to the TRC.
Former presidential intelligence head denies ‘Stratcom’ pressure derailed TRC cases
As a former intelligence official within the South African Presidency, the veteran Loyiso Jafta was Thabo Mbeki’s wingman, his ear to the ground, his eyes in the room and the keeper of knowledge.
Former Presidency intelligence head Loyiso Jafta’s previous appearance before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into delayed Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) prosecutions and again on 13 July to face cross-examination, is significant as former Jafta’s then-boss, former president Thabo Mbeki, is cited as a witness at the inquiry.
Jafta denied that Mbeki had sought in any way to influence the work of an Inter-ministerial Task Team (ITT) which had been set up post-TRC to deal with former apartheid officials accused of human rights abuses and who had not applied for amnesty.
Etricia Matzke exposes NPA’s ‘dismal’ failures in TRC case management
Former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Etricia Matzke has asserted that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) “dismally failed” in prioritising cases stemming from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Matzke, who previously led the Complaints and Representation Unit within the NPA, detailed the alleged mishandling of TRC cases by the authority’s Priority Crimes and Litigations Unit (PCLU), including delays, poor filing and storage of important files and case dockets.
How police leadership failures impacted TRC inquiries: Insights from Penuell Maduna
By IOL: Siyabonga Sithole 22 July 2026
Former Police and Justice minister Dr Penuell Maduna has revealed that tensions between senior law enforcement leaders during the early years of South Africa’s democracy might have contributed to the failures in prioritising TRC-related matters.
Maduna appeared before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday, where he provided a rare glimpse into the complexities surrounding the handling of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases, highlighting the lack of formal government policy and the tumultuous interactions between influential figures at the helm of the justice system.
Maduna blames top lawmen’s feud for TRC setbacks
By: Rejoice Ndlovu •
Maduna reveals why TRC cases stalled
Former Justice Minister Dr Penuell Maduna has lifted the lid on the rocky early years of Mzansi’s democracy, revealing that bitter infighting between some of the country’s top law enforcement bosses may have slowed efforts to deal with Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases.
Maduna made the revelations while testifying before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday, 21 July, where he gave insight into the challenges that surrounded the handling of TRC matters after apartheid.
https://www.snl24.com/news/maduna-blames-top-lawmens-feud-for-trc-setbacks-20260722/
Maduna tells Khampepe inquiry police leadership tensions hindered TRC cases
Former minister Penuell Maduna told the Khampepe Commission that tensions between senior police leaders and lack of formal policy hindered the handling of TRC cases.
MEDIA REPORTS: NYOKA UPDATE
Former apartheid police await sentencing in Caiphus Nyoka murder case
IOL by | 21 July 2026
The sentencing of the two former apartheid police sergeants who were convicted of killing anti-apartheid student activist Caiphus Nyoka has been delayed again in the Pretoria High Court sitting in Benoni.
Sergeants Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht, 61, and Pieter Stander, 60, were found guilty of premeditated murder of Nyoka, who was also a member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) on December 2, 2025.
Caiphus Nyoka case: Sentencing proceedings postponed due to convict’s illness
EWN: Kgomotso Modise 20 July 2026
One of the convicted killers in the murder case of anti-apartheid stalwart Caiphus Nyoka has asked the Johannesburg High Court to delay its sentencing proceedings because of his severe illness.
Apartheid sergeants Abraham Engelbrecht and Pieter Stander returned to the dock on Monday morning for sentencing.
https://www.ewn.co.za/caiphus-nyoka-case-sentencing-proceedings-postponed-due-to-convict-s-illness/
Apartheid sergeants Abraham Engelbrecht and Pieter Stander returned to the dock on Monday morning for sentencing.
Sentencing of Former Apartheid Police Officers Convicted of Murdering COSAS Activist Caiphus Nyoka Postponed
The sentencing proceedings of two former apartheid police officers convicted of the 1987 murder of Congress of South African Students (COSAS) activist Caiphus Nyoka have been postponed after one of the accused cited ill health.
Former apartheid police sergeants Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht, 61, and Pieter Stander, 60, appeared before the Pretoria High Court sitting in Benoni on Tuesday for sentencing after they were found guilty on 2 December 2025 of the premeditated murder of Nyoka.
MEDIA REPORTS: GRIFFITHS MXENGE
Mxenge Inquest | Court closes reopened probe into 1981 killing
Court closes reopened Mxenge murder inquest
The judge said that the matter had already been fully ventilated through criminal proceedings and the TRC process.
Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Pieter Bezuidenhout has closed the reopened inquest into the 1981 murder of anti-apartheid activist and human rights lawyer Griffiths Mxenge, finding that no further evidence can be led once criminal proceedings have been instituted.
Handing down judgment on Monday, Bezuidenhout ruled that once criminal proceedings have been instituted, whether following an inquest or at a later stage, a reopened inquest cannot hear additional evidence.
https://witness.co.za/news/2026/07/20/court-closes-reopened-mxenge-murder-inquest/
