By Johnathan Paoli
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) applied its financial and procedural rules so rigidly that even a disinfection service donated by the Church of Scientology during Covid-19 was flagged as irregular.
But those same systems failed to stop a web of unlawful agreements that handed businessman and attempted murder accused Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s security and healthcare companies VIP privileges, tenders, and even blue-lights – rights normally reserved for law enforcement.
That contrast was evident in testimony on Monday by former EMPD Deputy Chief of Police Revo Spies, who continued his evidence before the Madlanga Commission, which is investigating alleged corruption and irregular procurement in the criminal justice system, including the metro police.
Spies described how strict internal controls, which once deemed a donated Covid-19 sanitisation service by the Church of Scientology, “irregular” because the proper donation processes were not followed, seemed to crumble when EMPD Deputy Brigadier
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