By Johnathan Paoli
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Police Chief Julius Mkhwanazi has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that he had no authority to approve the fitting of blue lights on private vehicles, despite being confronted with audio evidence showing a request from Medicare24 CEO Mike van Wyk to do exactly that.
Leading his testimony on Thursday afternoon, the commission played a voice note in which Van Wyk asks Mkhwanazi whether he could install blue and red lights, as well as EMPD markings, on his personal bakkie.
“I bought myself a new bakkie…Would I be able to put blue and red lights in? I don’t want to drive off something and then I get arrested for impersonating a police officer. Can we put EMPD at the back of the bakkie? Will you find out for me please?” Van Wyk said in the recording.
Mkhwanazi confirmed the message had been sent to
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