Madlanga Commission: SANDF: Training College (2026 Aug 27)

The Pan-African Peace Commission was founded in the pursuit of Justice, Perpetual Peace and Prosperity for All. Peace is not simply the absence of conflict. Perpetual peace exists only in the presence of justice. Where justice is absent, peace becomes fragile, society loses confidence in its institutions, and the future of the nation is placed at risk.

It is therefore not only the responsibility of public servants to protect justice and peace. It is the duty of every South African.

Today, South Africa must confront serious questions concerning the integrity of institutions responsible for justice, law enforcement and national security.

On 6 April 2025, Lt. Gen. Mkhwanazi, the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, publicly stated that the judiciary and law enforcement are captured. On 15 January 2026, Gen. Dumisani Khumalo, during parliamentary testimony, expressed similar concerns and further stated that law enforcement works with criminal cartels.

These are not ordinary allegations. When senior Generals, operating in different spheres of responsibility, raise concerns of this magnitude, South Africans have a right, and indeed a responsibility, to demand that those concerns receive a proper, transparent and independent call to order from our nation's first line of defence, the SANDF.

The Peace Commission anonymously received documentation evidencing the misappropriation of public funds at a senior level of the SANDF. The information accompanying those documents further alleges that the SANDF matters brought to the Peace Commission are only the “tip of the iceberg”, in terms of SANDF corruption.

We do not prejudge the guilt or innocence of any individual. Allegations must be tested through evidence, proper investigation and due process.

We cannot remain silent when information of potential national significance comes before us. The Peace Commission is committed to ensuring that appropriate matters are placed before the proper constitutional and lawful forums, including the Madlanga Commission, and/or any compatible tribunal, so that the public is informed as these matters progress.

This is a call for all South Africans to wake up

South Africa belongs to all of us. Our courts belong to all of us. Our law-enforcement institutions belong to all of us. Our defence force exists solely to protect the Republic and its people. And justice belongs to every South African.

If corruption, institutional capture or criminal infiltration is established, it cannot be allowed to continue simply because those involved hold high office, rank or influence. No rank should place anyone above the law. No office should place anyone beyond accountability to every South African. No foreign agenda should be placed above the interests of South Africans.

The Executive Council of the Pan-African Peace Commission therefore renews its commitment to the Restoration of Justice, Perpetual Peace and Prosperity for All. This is a call for truth, transparency, ethics, integrity, morality, constitutional accountability and justice through lawful means.

South Africans must never be afraid to ask difficult questions. South Africa needs people who think critically, and who care enough to ask difficult questions. The time has come for our nation to look beyond all divisions, be they political, religious or racial, and to stand together for the principles upon which unity of purpose and unity of peace can restore the balance and harmony on which to build a just, peaceful and prosperous future.

Please follow the Peace Commission's media platforms. Read the material and evidence we publish. Ask questions.

I, Henry William McCarter, having been appointed Chairperson of the Pan-African Peace Commission, do solemnly swear that I shall faithfully, honourably, and impartially discharge the duties of this Office.

I acknowledge that this appointment is a public trust, bestowed not for privilege or personal advancement, but for service to justice, peace, and the people.

On this 4th day of July 2026, I solemnly swear:

1. To uphold, defend, and protect the Constitution and the Rule of Law without fear, favour, prejudice, or improper influence.
2. To preserve the independence, dignity, and integrity of the Pan-African Peace Commission against every form of corruption, intimidation, political interference, financial inducement, ideological coercion, or unlawful pressure.
3. To administer justice with courage, discipline, impartiality, wisdom, and compassion, recognising the equal dignity and constitutional rights of every living soul.
4. To ensure that every investigation, hearing, recommendation, report, and finding of the Commission is founded upon truth, credible evidence, procedural fairness, and the principles of natural justice.
5. To pursue reconciliation where possible, accountability where necessary, and peace through an independent judiciary.
6. To protect the weak, hear the unheard, and serve every person equally without discrimination of race, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, political belief, disability, social standing, or economic condition.
7. To safeguard sources of confidential information entrusted to the Peace Commission.
8. To faithfully preserve the honour of this Office and never permit it to be used for personal gain, partisan advantage, oppression, vengeance, or any purpose inconsistent with justice.
9. To conduct myself at all times with integrity, honour, discipline, humility, courage, and unwavering fidelity to the Constitution and the people whom this Commission serves.
10. To place duty before self, justice before expediency, and the restoration of justice before personal interest.
11. To preserve the Commission's role as a respected, independent guardian of peace, accountability, and good governance.

I accept that I shall remain accountable to the Constitution, to the law, and to the people of the Republic of South Africa and the peoples of Africa whose confidence this Commission is established to uphold.

With full knowledge of the responsibilities entrusted to me, I pledge to execute this Office faithfully and without compromise; to defend justice wherever it is threatened; to preserve peace wherever it may be secured; and to leave this Office with its honour strengthened and its independence uncompromised.

So help me God.