By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission closed on Monday evening with former city manager Imogen Mashazi forcefully denying allegations that she protected controversial Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi, interfered in disciplinary processes against him, or issued instructions that halted a fingerprint-based vetting exercise that exposed hundreds of officers with criminal records.
She also rejected retired EMPD official Revo Spies’s detailed notes about a high-stakes August 2023 meeting, insisting she never directed that suspended Chief Isaac Mapiyeye be placed on special leave during those discussions.
Mashazi’s testimony was marked by repeated attempts to distance herself from both the disciplinary matters involving Mkhwanazi and the wider vetting scandal that has rocked the EMPD.
She told the Madlanga Commission she never called either Mapiyeye or former senior EMPD head of employee relations Xolani Nciza to stop any disciplinary process against Mkhwanazi.
Central to the day’s testimony was whether Mashazi
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