Ntlemeza seeks interdict against Mbalula to return to job as Hawks head
Acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane ordered to issue a warrant of arrest should he not return state vehicle and cellphone or should he arrive at work
Former Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza’s lawyers say they will be heading to the High Court in Pretoria seeking an urgent interdict preventing Police Minister Fikile Mbalula from interfering with Ntlemeza’s right to return to work. They say they have acceded to Mbalula’s demand that Ntlemeza return his state vehicle and cellphone but they insist he is entitled to return to work until his appeal against the high court order that his appointment as Hawks head is invalid has been heard. Mbalula has since appointed an acting Hawks head, Ntlemeza’s deputy Lt-Gen Yolisa Matakata after the high court dismissed Ntlemeza’s application for leave to appeal against its earlier ruling that his appointment be reviewed. Mbalula said on Monday Ntlemeza had arrived at the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in the morning and demanded that he be given a state vehicle. Ntlemeza was "roaming the streets of Pretoria" in the Hawks vehicle, he said. The minister said if Ntlemeza again entered the Ha...
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