SUSPENSION
Committee to rule on inquiry for McBride
The police portfolio committee must determine whether Police Minister Nathi Nhleko can move against Robert McBride
Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete has referred the police minister’s request for an inquiry into Robert McBride to the portfolio committee on police. Should the committee agree to the request, Police Minister Nathi Nhleko would be empowered to suspend McBride, who heads the Independent Investigative Police Directorate (Ipid). Nhleko still wants to pursue McBride over his handling of a report into the rendition of Zimbabweans even though the National Prosecuting Authority withdrew charges against McBride on this matter. The Constitutional Court ruled in September that Nhleko’s suspension of McBride, while provided for in the South African Police Service Act, was unconstitutional.
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