Mkhwanazi, Lerutla, granted R30 000 bail

By Johnathan Paoli

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and Ekurhuleni City Manager Kagiso Lerutla have been granted bail of R30,000 each in a fraud and corruption case linked to an alleged 2019 scheme to manipulate court proceedings in a speeding matter involving Lerutla.

Delivering his ruling at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, Magistrate Emmanuel Magampa said that his decision was based only on the evidence before him and the applicable law.

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“I deem it prudent to indicate that the decision that I have arrived at in this matter was not influenced by any external considerations, but was reached following an objective assessment of the facts placed before me in these proceedings, and the application of the law to those facts,” Magampa said.

The pair appeared in court after judgement was postponed from