{"id":10115,"date":"2026-04-18T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/breaking-news-madlanga-task-team-arrests-senior-official-the-witness-your-compass-in-the-community\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:24:59","slug":"breaking-news-madlanga-task-team-arrests-senior-official-the-witness-your-compass-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/breaking-news-madlanga-task-team-arrests-senior-official-the-witness-your-compass-in-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS | Madlanga task team arrests senior official &#8211; The Witness | Your compass in the community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi was arrested by the SAPS Madlanga Commission Task Team at his Gauteng home on Saturday morning.<br \/>The 50-year-old was arrested on charges of fraud, corrupting and defeating and\/or obstructing the ends of justice.<br \/><strong>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/fresh-allegations-surface-as-mkhwanazi-returns-to-madlanga\/\">Fresh allegations surface as Mkhwanazi returns to Madlanga<\/a><\/strong><br \/>National Police Spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said in a media statement the task team is still searching for other suspects linked to the case.<br \/>&#8220;These arrests emanate from an ongoing investigation into corruption within the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD).<br \/>No further comment will be provided on the merits of the case at this stage,&#8221; she said.<br \/>All suspects are expected to appear before the Boksburg Magistrate&#8217;s Court on Monday&nbsp; April 20.<br \/>This week at the Madlanga Commission, Mkhwanazi was questioned about his mother\u2019s death to establish if he tried to avoid an earlier appearance.<br \/><strong>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/carrim-hospitalised-madlanga-testimony-on-hold\/\">Carrim hospitalised, Madlanga testimony on hold<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Mkhwanazi, who is under criminal investigation, was grilled about his absence after previously failing to appear, citing bereavement.<br \/>The Madlanga Commission is<br \/>the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System.<br \/>It is named after its chairperson, retired acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.<br \/>The hearings began in September last year and is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Add The Witness as a Preferred Source on Google and follow us on Google News to see more of our trusted reporting in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNV0Q3ZE9WWkwyLXFzbExDakJ1RThqRGsyMG1laHBPUGZ4LWx1bm9KWHNZQk03UGpDTi0ybF9rbFJfWU8zRDlpaWhsc1FaaENzUjI1X1pfN0xpbWxGeFQ2Z25mM0lNV2VZSmNNVlBfQ2pSVWtJVWhSOEhxOExPTXBUdGs0WVhMaVduUzdlbS1iaHctYTZWQzhaTHNPNA?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi was arrested by the SAPS Madlanga Commission Task Team at his Gauteng home on Saturday morning.The 50-year-old was arrested on charges of fraud, corrupting and defeating and\/or obstructing the ends of justice.ALSO READ | Fresh allegations surface as Mkhwanazi returns to MadlangaNational Police Spokesperson Brigadier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}