POLICE COMMISSIONER PROBE
Ipid probe: Phahlane appointee charged with defeating ends of justice
Free State crime intelligence head Agnes Makhele will appear in court in February
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s (Ipid’s) investigation of former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has shifted as one of his allies in the provincial criminal intelligence units awaits her day in court over claims she had interfered with the watchdog’s probe. Free State crime intelligence head Agnes Makhele, a Phahlane appointee, will appear in court in February on charges of defeating the ends of justice in relation to the Ipid investigation of Phahlane. Ipid spokesman Moses Dlamini said the watchdog would comment on the Makhele and Phahlane matter once the court process had run its course. "We don’t discuss ongoing investigations. If we need to give an update we will, but at this stage there is not much to say." Phahlane could not be reached for comment. Phahlane had a brief but troubled stint as the country’s acting top policeman following the suspension of Riah Phiyega after the release of the Farlam commission of inquiry report on events t...
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