Mkhwanazi enfrenta acusaciones de haber mentido sobre la muerte de su madre para retrasar el testimonio. Mkhwanazi faces allegations of lying about his mother's death to delay testimony.

El jefe adjunto del Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Ekurhuleni, suspendido Julius Mkhwanazi, se enfrenta a acusaciones de que engañó a una comisión de investigación al afirmar que su madre murió para retrasar su testimonio. Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi faces allegations that he misled a commission of inquiry by claiming his mother died to delay his testimony. El líder de evidencia Sello Mahlape notó discrepancias entre las afirmaciones de Mkhwanazi y los registros oficiales, que mostraban que el fallecido era solo 10 años mayor que él y no su madre biológica. Evidence leader Sello Mahlape noted discrepancies between Mkhwanazi's claims and official records, which showed the deceased was only 10 years older than him and not his biological mother. Mkhwanazi negó haber mentido, afirmando que la mujer era su madrastra que lo había criado y era su madre en un sentido familiar. Mkhwanazi denied lying, stating the woman was his stepmother who raised him and was his mother in a familial sense.