GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,
Unite for Change Leadership Council Member & GOOD Secretary-General
25 March 2026
For the past six months, the nation has watched the Madlanga Commission picking apart the integrity of the suspended Police Minister and a swathe of the top police brass.
The news that National Commissioner of Police, Fannie Masemola, was served with a notice to appear in court today and will join 12 of his senior officers in the dock next month in connection with a cancelled R360m police health tender is a major setback for crime fighting and public confidence.
It is assumed that the Commissioner will be placed on suspension, joining a number of already suspended officers, the suspended Police Minister and the suspended Intelligence Inspector-General on the sidelines.
The President and Acting Police Minister cannot wait for the slow-turning wheels of justice to turn, while the country continues to suffer radical rates of violent crime and gangsterism, and continuing state corruption.
There’s an urgent need for a new top layer in the police. Serious consideration should be given to appointing a panel of experts of unimpeachable character (including criminologists, former prosecutors and police) to oversee the purging of the rot and development of a trustworthy top structure of untainted and un-factional police officers.
In the meantime, the National Prosecuting Authority and IDAC have critical roles to demonstrate that there are consequences for criminal policemen and women.
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