Khomotso Phahlane backs commissioner who used helicopter to retrieve jacket
Northern Cape police commissioner Risimati Shivuri‚ who used the province’s only police helicopter to fly to a Wimpy and to retrieve a jacket‚ has the backing of acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane. However, Shivuri will still have to explain himself after the DA laid a complaint at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid). The Sunday Times reported that Shivuri flew 4km to have breakfast at the Wimpy in Colesberg while the ANC’s Northern Cape elective conference was taking place two weeks ago‚ and that he also sent the helicopter on a 30km trip to retrieve a jacket he had forgotten at the Gariep Dam. Northern Cape police spokesperson Mohale Ramatseba earlier denied that Shivuri flew 4km to have breakfast at Colesberg’s Wimpy‚ but witnesses who saw the events at the restaurant confirmed the bizarre events. "Good heavens‚ sir‚ of course I saw it. A helicopter landing next to our town’s Wimpy for breakfast isn’t something one easily forgets‚" a Colesbe...
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