Last year he questioned the authority of former NPA head Mxolisi Nxasana to review the McBride case CONTROVERSIAL Hawks head Major-General Berning Ntlemeza believes he has the authority to tell the National Prosecuting Authority how to do its job — to dictate to it on what cases to prosecute and which to review.Days after the Hawks case against the suspended boss of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, Robert McBride and two of his subordinates, collapsed in court last week, e-mails have emerged that show Ntlemeza‘s ambitions to have complete control over NPA investigations.Last year he questioned the authority of former NPA head Mxolisi Nxasana to review the McBride case and demanded that the docket be returned to him (Ntlemeza). He gave Nxasana a 24-hour ultimatum.McBride and his co-accused — Innocent Khuba and Matthew Sesoko — appeared in court for allegedly altering a report on the involvement of former Hawks boss Anwa Dramat and Hawks Gauteng commander Major-Gener...
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