South Africa's Madlanga Commission so far: An alleged drug cartel and a murdered witness

Allegations of graft and political interference in the police have been aired at public hearings.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa is currently digesting the contents of an interim report from a commission he established to investigate illegality within the police.

It was set up after senior police officer Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged in July that organised crime groups had infiltrated the government.

His dramatic intervention led to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu being put on special leave.

Lt-Gen Mkhwanazi, who heads up the police in KwaZulu-Natal province, claimed that Mchunu had ties to crime kingpins and this was why he shut down an elite unit investigating political murders.