LIGHTS, CAMERAS, PARLIAMENT: Butt lifts, reprimands, pillow talk: The parliamentary theatrics around Mkhwanazi’s drug cartel claims

2026-03-22 - 20:10

Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating accusations that a cartel infiltrated South Africa’s criminal justice system has heard reams of witness testimony over five months. At times, things got bizarre, even personal, and together with the behaviour of some MPs, almost eclipsed the core of the scandal – drug trafficking.