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The City stated his termination followed factor to consider of its internal disciplinary procedures, the criminal matters versus him and the proof put before the commission.
Mkhwanazi, who was accountable for operations and specialised services at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) was suspended on 11 November 2025. This remained in line with the suggestions of an internal audit examination into claims of misbehavior, the City stated. The City management carefully kept track of the major claims emerging from the Madlanga Commission, it included
The timing of Mkhwanazi’s shooting is substantial. The choice came a day after the very first anniversary of the Madlanga Commission, when its chair, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, provided his starkest evaluation yet of the proof before the questions– cautioning that accusations heard by the commission, if developed, would indicate the seepage of state organizations and criminality within South Africa’s criminal justice system.
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The City’s statement that it had actually fired Mkhwanazi followed his look with co-accused Keisha-Leigh Stols, Adrian Mackenzie and Kgomotso Makhuba previously on Friday in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court in connection with the supposed theft in Killarney in 2023 of gemstones worth R14-millionamong 5 different criminal cases he presently deals with.
At the commission, Mkhwanazi’s name has actually ended up being a repeating thread in proof worrying the EMPD, with witnesses raising a list of claims including members of the city cops.
A variety of the accusations connect to an illegal memorandum of understanding (MOU) in between the city cops department and Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s business, CAT VIP Protection Services.
In his proof before the commission in November 2025, suspended EMPD Chief Jabulani Isaac Mapiyeye affirmed that the MOU was deceitful which the then Brigadier Mkhwanazi did not have the requisite authority to conclude any MOU on behalf of the City.
Murder case contributes to City choice
Mkhwanazi’s ongoing imprisonment after being rejected bail in a murder case likewise weighed on the City’s choice. It raised issues about his extended unavailability and whether the internal disciplinary procedures might be concluded within an affordable duration.
Mkhwanazi and his 5 co-accused were rejected bail in the Brakpan Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 15 September, in connection with a case in which they deal with charges of murder, burglary with intensifying scenarios and beating completions of justice.
The implicated are Mkhwanazi, previous EMPD authorities Stols, suspended EMPD officer Mackenzie, personal security business owner Cobus Janse van Rensburg, and law enforcement officer Bhekokwakhe Sibande and Juan Maree Eksteen. They have actually been charged with the murder of Brakpan entrepreneur Emmanuel Mbense.
The murder case is carefully linked with the commission’s own examination.
It was the killing of Marius van der Merwe, who affirmed anonymously before the commission as “Witness D”, that put Mkhwanazi under restored analysis. Van der Merwe’s proof linked the suspended EMPD deputy chief in accusations surrounding the murder.
Van der Merwe was eliminated on 5 December 2025 after providing proof to the commission.
His death included an especially severe measurement to the query’s evaluation of supposed criminal networks running around police, and positioned Mkhwanazi amongst the authorities whose conduct has actually come under analysis in the criminal courts and before the commission.
HR head stated to protect Mkhwanazi
More harmful proof worrying Mkhwanazi emerged in November 2025, when previous Ekurhuleni head of worker relations Xolani Nciza affirmed that duplicated efforts to suspend the senior authorities leader were presumably prevented by disturbance from leading management.
Nciza’s proof raised concerns about why disciplinary action versus Mkhwanazi had actually consistently stopped working, regardless of issues about his conduct and the accusations swirling around him.
Drawn into this drama was Linda Gxasheka, Ekurhuleni’s suspended head of personnels, who, according to Mapiyeye’s testament, assisted to protect Mkhwanazi from disciplinary action.
On Thursday, 26 February 2026, appearing before the commission, she rejected claims that she had actually taken over the powers of suspended Mapiyeye. She specified: “I refute the claims that I supported or took part in the usurpation of powers.”
City ‘suffers reputational damage’
Numerous police and criminal justice authorities have actually been suspended, dismissed and criminally charged following proof provided at the Madlanga Commission. Mkhwanazi’s shooting highlights how the commission is having an effect before its even completed its work.
In a declaration on Friday, City Manager Kagiso Lerutla stated the choice followed mindful factor to consider of a comprehensive submission from the City’s personnels department, the internal disciplinary procedures set up versus Mkhwanazi, proof positioned before the commission and the cumulative impact of the criminal matters including him on the work relationship.
“The City thought about, to name a few elements, the severity of the matters, Mr Mkhwanazi’s seniority within the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department, the connection in between the accusations and his main obligations, and the resulting influence on the stability and track record of the town,” the City stated. DM
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