Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride will not be giving a warning statement to the Hawks‚ despite the latter insisting there was nothing out of the ordinary about the request. Ipid‚ the police watchdog‚ said the request for McBride to give a statement by Monday was similar to how fraud charges were laid‚ and "abruptly" dropped‚ against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Ipid spokesperson Moses Dlamini on Monday confirmed that the Hawks had requested McBride to provide the statement as part of its investigation into charges of defeating the ends of justice. They relate to two incidents that allegedly occurred while McBride was the chief of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department. In a statement‚ Dlamini said that‚ "a few weeks ago‚ the Hawks approached Col Mannie Fourie to dig up any dirt against Mr McBride". "In a recorded telephonic conversation‚ Col Fourie stated that the instruction came from the minister of police — which the minister denied in Pa...
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