Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi has denied protecting Brig Julius Mkhwanazi, saying she never took any steps against him as she was misled by the legal department regarding a report implicating him in illegally fitting blue lights in Vusimuzi Cat Matlalas vehicles.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate IPID report had found that Mkhwanazis decision to fit blue lights and also entering into a memorandum of demands on behalf on the city with a security company owned by Matlala amounts to fraud.
It also stated that he be disciplined and the matter also be referred to director of public prosecution for decision.
