Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi faces scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission for the distribution of appointment cards for a unit whose establishment had not been approved.
The Madlanga Commission has heard that suspended Deputy Chief of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD), Julius Mkhwanazi, arranged for peace corps (peace officers) appointment cards to be fetched by service providers from EMPD offices for a unit whose establishment had not been approved.
The Peace Corps, according to Mkhwanazi, was going to assist EMPD in conducting traffic control and scholar patrol in Ekurhuleni.
These stemmed from Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed between Medicare24, Anubis Security Services, and EMPD.
The MoUs sought to establish a unit that would involve private security individuals being registered as peace corps, which Mkhwanazi also described as reservists or volunteers, who would assist EMPD in executing its duties.
