Ukulalelwa kwangaphakathi kokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe kwePhini leNhloko yoMnyango Wamaphoyisa ase-Ekurhuleni Metro (EMPD) omisiwe uJulius Mkhwanazi kwaqala kabusha ngomhlaka-14 Julayi 2026 kulandela isinqumo seNkantolo Yezabasebenzi yaseGoli esivumele ukuthi kuqhutshekwe naphezu kokuphikisa kwezinyunyana. UMkhwanazi ubhekene nezinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle, okuhlanganisa nokufakwa kwezibani eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokungemthetho ezimotweni zenkampani ehlobene nomuntu osolwa ngokuba ngumuntu ongaphansi komhlaba uVusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, kanti ukumiswa kwakhe kusukela ngoNovemba 2025 ngemuva kophenyo lokuhlolwa kwangaphakathi.

Izinqubo Zobugebengu Ezihambisanayo Nezinqumo Zenkantolo

Ngomhlaka-13 Julayi 2026, uMkhwanazi wavela eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseBoksburg kanye noMphathi weDolobha uKagiso Lerutla, bobabili bebhekene namacala enkohlakalo, ukukhwabanisa, kanye nokwephula imigomo yobulungiswa, ngokusho kweNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, iNkantolo Yezabasebenzi yaseGoli yachitha isicelo esiphuthumayo seMunicipal Employees Civil Servants Union (MECSU) sokumisa ukulalelwa kwezigwegwe, iqinisekisa igunya likamasipala lokuqhuba inqubo yangaphakathi.

Okhulumela iDolobha lase-Ekurhuleni uPhakamile Mbengashe, ekhuluma ne-SABC News, uthe, “Sifuna ukuba sobala, sifuna ukuba nenqubo efanele ngakho-ke ithatha isikhathi eside kodwa kumele sivumele noma ubani ovela phambi kwe-DC ukuthi aveze icala lakhe [futhi] alethe ubufakazi.” Amacala avela ekutholakaleni kokuhlolwa kwangaphakathi kwe-EMPD, okwancoma ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo zokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe kulandela ukukhathazeka kwangaphambilini mayelana nokusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla okusolwayo kanye nokungathembeki okukhulu.

Isikhathi kanye Nemiphumela Ebanzi Yamaphoyisa ase-Ekurhuleni

UMkhwanazi wabuyela emsebenzini ngomhlaka-19 Okthoba 2023 ngemuva kokumiswa emsebenzini ngaphambilini, naphezu kwezincomo zamacala ngaleso sikhathi. Ukumiswa kwakhe kwamanje kwaqala ngomhlaka-11 Novemba 2025, phakathi kokuhlolisiswa okuqinile kwezindinganiso zamaphoyisa kamasipala kanye nokuziphendulela e-Ekurhuleni. Umphumela wokulalelwa kwecala ubalulekile kwinqubomgomo yokuqondisa yangaphakathi kanye nemizamo ebanzi yokulwa nenkohlakalo ngaphakathi kwezinhlaka zokuqinisa umthetho zaseNingizimu Afrika.

UKaizer Kganyago, okhulumela i-NPA, uqinisekisile mayelana nentuthuko yezomthetho yakamuva: “I-NPA inombono oqinile wokuthi ukuhoxa kwakhe ngeke kube nomthelela omubi ecaleni le-IDAC ngokumelene nabamangalelwa abangu-17 njengoba sikholelwa ukuthi kunobufakazi obanele bokusekela amacala abekwe bonke abamangalelwa kuleli cala.” UMkhwanazi akakagwetshwa, futhi izinqubo zakhe zomthetho zisaqhubeka.

Iseshini elandelayo yokulalelwa kwezigwegwe kulindeleke ukuthi ihlolisise ubufakazi obethulwe ngokumelene noMkhwanazi, njengoba iziphathimandla zase-Ekurhuleni ziqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwazo enqubweni efanele kanye nokusobala.