South Africa – Pretoria – 09 Feberuary 2026. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry witness the Head of Legal Risk Services of the Cith of Ekurhuleni, Kemi Behari testifies at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. Suspended Ekurhuleni legal head Advocate Kemi Behari said that political interference derailed a disciplinary case against former chief operations officer Lesiba Mojapelo, alleging that it led to Thembinkosi “TK” Nciza pushing for the case to be dismissed.
Testifying at the Madlanga Commission on Monday,Beharipainted a picture of a municipality where accountability buckled under political pressure, and where attempts to enforce discipline at the senior level were quietly neutralised. Behari said the Mojapelo matter wasthe only disciplinary case in which he personally became involvedin during his tenure, precisely because of its seriousness and financial implications. the only disciplinary case in which he personally became involved The case, he told the commission, was linked to more than R100 million in Grants-in-Aid funding at the City of Ekurhuleni.
According to Behari, the evidence pointed to Thembinkosi “TK” Nciza and Sbu Leope as beneficiaries of the scheme connected to Mojapelo’s conduct. He said he raised this directly with his head of department, only to be stunned by the response. “I said to my HOD at the time, the only people we can call now is TK Nciza and Sbu Leope, because they’re the ones who the evidence is pointing to as having benefited from this entire thing,” Behari testified.
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Instead of the case progressing, Behari said he was pulled aside and informed that the matter had been settled. “My HOD pulls me out and says, ‘No, we settled the matter,’” he told the commission. “Those are the things I’m now facing a backlash for.” The disciplinary process, he said, was closed abruptly under pressure, with no proper explanation.
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