BN Briefing: Breytenbach exposes decaying SA justice system, and questions Mkhwanazi’s motives

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In today’s BizNews Briefing, Alec Hogg speaks with DA justice spokesperson and former prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach, who’s been sitting through weeks of testimony before Parliament’s ad hoc committee and the Madlanga Commission. Breytenbach unpacks the deep fractures inside South Africa’s criminal justice system, offers a rare skeptical view of General Mkhwanazi’s July bombshell, and weighs in on whether the costly commissions of inquiry are delivering any real accountability - eight years after Zuma’s exit.
5 Nov 2025 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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