Staff Reporter
Police said on Saturday the Madlanga Commission Task Team had arrested a 50-year-old senior municipal official at his home in Gauteng on charges of fraud, corruption, and defeating the ends of justice.
“These arrests emanate from an ongoing investigation into corruption within the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD),” SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said in a short statement.
The arrested official was not named.
“The Task Team is still searching for other suspects linked to the case,” said Mathe, adding that “no further comment will be provided on the merits of the case at this stage”.
The suspects are expected to appear before the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 20 April, she said.
Eyewitness News reported that police had confirmed the arrested man was suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi.
eNCA also separately identified him as the official arrested.
Attempts by Inside Politics to reach Mkhwanazi on several
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