PARLIAMENT
Ipid law to curb police minister's power ‘ahead of schedule’
SA’s top court directed Parliament to amend the act as it gave the police minister too much power over to Ipid head
The process of amending the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act to comply with a Constitutional Court ruling is moving ahead and will be concluded ahead of deadline, according to MPs and police officials. The court directed Parliament to amend the act as it gave the police minister too much power to suspend or remove an Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head. Parliament has until March 2018 to amend the act to comply with the court ruling. Former police minister Nathi Nhleko wanted to suspend Ipid executive director Robert McBride. But McBride returned to the helm of Ipid in 2016 after a vicious turf war with Nhleko and former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane. Parliamentary police portfolio committee chairman Francois Beukman said the committee had concluded the first phase of the amendment process. The work was receiving the attention of the Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP). "The last time that they appeared before us at a jo...
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