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Ekurhuleni’s deputy metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi.
Ekurhuleni Metro Police Chief Jabulani Mapiyeye has accused his deputy in the metro, Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi of trying to run a parallel security process at the State of the City Address (SOCA) in March 2022.
Mkhwanazi has been at the center of Mapiyeye’s testimony at the Madlanga Commission on Thursday.
This is for his alleged close link with attempted murder accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.
Mapiyeye testified at the Commission that he knew nothing about the security deployment on that day.
He further told the Commission that Cat VIP was deployed to the State of the City Address for additional security.
“Dr Mkhwanazi called an urgent meeting of security services of specialised services on the 29 … to respond [to] the developing threats against SOCA for our principals. After identifying that, the threats were not only on inner parameters but included outer parameters.”
“We requested Cat services to assist us with a team of well-trained protectors who are former members of the SAPS task unit.
The Commission has adjourned and Mapiyeye will continue his testimony on Friday.
