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Ekurhuleni begins vetting EMPD officers after discovering nearly 300 with criminal records

Independent online (SA) 16 Feb 2026
The long-resisted vetting of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officers has officially begun, years after hundreds of officers were flagged for criminal records and senior leadership allegedly blocked scrutiny.
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No discipline for EMPD officers in R120k extortion case

Eye Witness News 14 Feb 2026
Magagula was testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Saturday. .
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Six EMPD officers on trial for alleged R120,000 extortion of foreign national

Eye Witness News 14 Feb 2026
The officers, aged between 31 and 39, are attached to the EMPD Drug Unit. .
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Madlanga Commission | EMPD Scandal: Officers impounded trucks, stole trucks and evaded justice

Independent online (SA) 14 Feb 2026
In a week where President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted on rooting out corruption within the police through implementing recommendations from the Madlanga Commission, Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) dominated the hearings.
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Madlanga Commission hears EMPD ‘serial rapist’ stayed on payroll until conviction

Independent online (SA) 14 Feb 2026
A senior official at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), Thulani Magagula has revealed that an EMPD officer accused of repeatedly raping two young girls remained on active duty throughout his criminal trial.
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EMPD ‘had enough evidence’ but failed to act, IPID’s Magagula tells Madlanga Commission

Independent online (SA) 13 Feb 2026
Testifying at the Madlanga Commission on Friday, Magagula said two EMPD officers, Adrian McKenzie and Kasher Lee-Stols, along with private security official Etienne van der Walt, were implicated.
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I didn’t want Witness D to testify as he was key in case against EMPD ...

Sowetan Live 13 Feb 2026
In his evidence, Witness D told the commission how Mbhense was tortured to death by EMPD and SAPS officials ... Const Raymond Mzwakhe Khoza, 36, an EMPD officer, was shot dead at his Tsakane home in ...
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Ipid investigators ‘threatened’ amid EMPD investigation

Sowetan Live 12 Feb 2026
At the time, he said, Ipid was investigating suspended EMPD police chief Julius Mkhwanazi and other officials who were believed to be Mkhwanazi’s team, as they refused to be vetted ... the EMPD and SAPS.
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