WATCH: Mashazi flips the script, challenges Commissioner Baloyi in verbal showdown

By Marcus Moloko

Former Ekurhuleni city manager Dr Imogen Mashazi decided to flip the script before the Madlanga Commission on Monday when questions relating to her testimony were raised by Commissioner Sesi Baloyi.

Instead of simply answering questions from the commissioner, Mashazi demanded to know why Commissioner Baloyi had not scrutinized testimony from former Employee Relations head Xolani Nciza, who previously alleged that she and suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department acting chief Julius Mkhwanazi had extra mural activities outside of official duties.

An unimpressed Baloyi reminded Mashazi that she was a witness on the stand.

“May I please speak, you’re a witness, you have to allow me to speak and I will give you a chance to answer,” Baloyi said, cutting off an irritated Mashazi as she attempted to interrogate the commission.

She accused senior metro police figures of sexual harassment and abuse of power, alleging that promotions were handed