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Day 56

9 February 2026

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Who testified

Subjects discussed

👤 Advocate Kemi Behari👤 Colonel Hennie Erasmus👤 Jeff Wicks👤 Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi (suspended EMPD/Metro chief; admits payments from Cat Matlala)🏛 City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality👤 Jabulani Isaac Mapiyeye👤 Chris Steyn (fleet manager)👤 Advocate Sesi Baloyi, SC

9 conflicts flagged on this day

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi
Suspension start given as December 2025 in A but February in B; cannot both be the start month.
Day 57Adv Khumalo SC“He was suspended in December 2025”
Day 56Adv Behari (Kemi)“he is suspended from February”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi
Claim A says suspended in December, Claim B says suspended in February; same person's single suspension cannot be both.
Day 57Adv Khumalo SC“He was suspended in December after testimony in this Commission”
Day 56Adv Behari (Kemi)“Mr Mkhwanazi was suspended sometimes in February”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Advocate Kemi Behari
Two different appointment dates for same person: February 2024 vs 1 June 2023, cannot both be true.
Day 56Advocate Kemi Behari“when I was appointed then in, from 2024, actually from February”
Day 56Adv Behari (Kemi)“I was appointed on the 1st of June 2023”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi
Same entity's employment status: 'on suspension' vs 'back at work' cannot both be true simultaneously.
Day 91Commissioner Mkhwanazi“you were on suspension”
Day 56Adv Khumalo SC“the effect of that is that Mkhwanazi is back at work”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Colonel Hennie Erasmus
Same visit's purpose stated as HR approval vs. dealing with guidance, explicitly not the extension—mutually exclusive accounts.
Day 56Adv Behari (Kemi)“Erasmus came to me on the way to HR for the approval of that.”
Day 56Adv Behari (Kemi)“He does not come to me for the extension. He has come to me to deal with the guidance.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi
Same person's current employment status: cannot both be on suspension and back at work simultaneously.
Day 89Commissioner Mkhwanazi“I am still on suspension”
Day 56Adv Khumalo SC“the effect of that is that Mkhwanazi is back at work”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi
Same person's suspension dated to December 2025 versus February; cannot both be the suspension date.
Day 57Adv Khumalo SC“He was suspended in December 2025”
Day 56Adv Behari (Kemi)“Mr Mkhwanazi was suspended sometimes in February”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Letter from Lt Gen Mkhwanazi to the Director of Public Prosecutions da
Same person's rank differs: Lieutenant General vs Brigadier Mkhwanazi cannot both be true simultaneously.
“Enquiries : Lieutenant General NS Mkhwanazi”
Day 56Adv Behari (Kemi)“there was a letter that Brigadier Mkhwanazi sent to the Chief of Police”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
Required to conduct disciplinary process but chose to stay silent/take no action—directly contradictory responses to same directive.
Day 56Adv Baloyi SC“The municipality was called upon to conduct a disciplinary process against Mr Mkhwanazi.”
Day 56Chairperson“We are just going to be silent about that”

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