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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Five criminal cases later, Ekurhuleni fires Julius Mkhwanazi
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A year after the Madlanga Commission began peeling back allegations of criminal infiltration and compromised policing, Ekurhuleni has fired Julius Mkhwanazi, the suspended metro police commander whose name has repeatedly surfaced in evidence before the inquiry and in criminal cases.
- A year after the Madlanga Commission began peeling back allegations of criminal infiltration and compromised policing, Ekurhuleni has fired Julius Mkhwanazi, the suspended metro police commander whose name has repeatedly surfaced in evidence before the inquiry and in criminal ...
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- AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Five criminal cases later, Ekurhuleni fires Julius Mkhwanazi
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- Left: A year after the Madlanga Commission began peeling back allegations of criminal infiltration and compromised policing, Ekurhuleni has fired Julius Mkhwanazi, the suspended metro police commander whose name has repeatedly surfaced in evidence before the inquiry and in criminal cases.
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