By Johnathan Paoli
Former Ekurhuleni City Manager Imogen Mashazi has conceded to a series of oversight failures during her tenure.
She told the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday that she “failed to discipline” senior EMPD officials and “failed to play an oversight role” in the appointment and progression of suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi.
Facing a second day of cross-examination, Mashazi acknowledged that Mkhwanazi’s 2023 appointment process appeared irregular and agreed that, if no competency assessment was done and the interview panel failed to finalise its scoring of all candidates, that would breach proper process.
She also admitted that she approved an additional R200 000 remuneration adjustment requested by Mkhwanazi before he accepted his final offer.
“I concede that the appointment seems irregular. If there was no competency assessment done, then it is irregular,” she said.
Mashazi told the commission she was on leave when the appointment
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