{"id":9095,"date":"2026-04-14T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=9095"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:09:00","slug":"suspended-empd-boss-julius-mkhwanazi-returns-today","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/articles\/suspended-empd-boss-julius-mkhwanazi-returns-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended EMPD boss Julius Mkhwanazi returns today"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-69ddef67-069c-83ea-91f2-c0a9e5a03f91-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-8\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b6ef3bb0-8569-416d-8432-bed51718c417\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"318\">The <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Madlanga Commission<\/span><\/span> resumed hearings today, with suspended <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department<\/span><\/span> deputy chief <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Julius Mkhwanazi<\/span><\/span> expected to continue his testimony. Mkhwanazi has previously made allegations involving organised crime links and irregular vehicle registrations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"318\">\n<p data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"535\">Businessman <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Suliman Carrim<\/span><\/span>, who was scheduled to testify this week, has reportedly been hospitalised following a suspected heart attack, which may delay his appearance before the commission.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"535\">\n<p data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"727\">Meanwhile, the murder case of former commission witness <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Marius van der Merwe<\/span><\/span> returned to court. The accused, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Matiphandile Sotheni<\/span><\/span>, has denied involvement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"727\">\n<p data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"937\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The commission continues to hear evidence related to alleged corruption and questionable security payments linked to the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">City of Tshwane<\/span><\/span>, with more witnesses expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none -mt-px h-px translate-y-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom)-14*var(--spacing))]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madlanga Commission resumed hearings today, with suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief Julius [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9096,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"article":[87],"class_list":["post-9095","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article-slide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/9095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article?post=9095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}