Chief Mapiyeye

Mr Julius Mkhwana sent to Mr Van Wyk a letter from Ekurhuleni reflecting a proposed meeting on 12 October to discuss setting up a specialised unit involving crime combating, drug busts, riots, and medical emergency response, expected to have approval from Chief Mapiyeye.

“At 11.26 p.m. on the 8th of October 021 , Mr Julius Mkhwana sends to Mr Van Wyk a letter from Ekurhuleni reflecting a meeting to be held on the 12th of October ... The meeting ... is said to be a proposed meeting with Medicross ... Mr Van Wyk responds ... with a voice note ... The chief is going to be a reference to Chief Mapiyeye, whose approval is going to be necessary for what Mr Van Wyk and Mr Mkhwana are planning.”

There was concern about whether 'we' were going to win with Chief Mapiyeye.

“Do you think we are going to win with him?”

Mr Van Wyk intended a specialised unit that would be dealing not only with medical emergencies but also with crime response and drug busts.

“our aim is to be a specialised unit for you guys, to work with you guys... a specialised unit that was going to be dealing, in addition to medical, with crime response, drug busts”

Mr Mkhwanazi agreed that the process should include Chief Mapiyeye to make him feel part of the process but indicated that not everything would be disclosed to him yet.

“I agree with you hundred percent. But for now, let us formalise with him, just to meet with him, so that he may feel that he is part of the process. But with him, we are not going to disclose everything.”

The old unit was disbanded before 2019 and later reconstituted into a new unit by Chief Mapiyeye.

“No, it was disbanded before 2019... It is a new unit, but it was disbanded again after that... It was disbanded, then it was formed again...”