Helen Suzman Foundation approaches Constitutional Court in Robert McBride saga
The foundation has filed an application with the apex court to appeal an order of the Pretoria high court between the Ipid executive director and police minister Bheki Cele
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has filed an application with the Constitutional Court to appeal an order of the Pretoria high court between the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) executive director Robert McBride and police minister Bheki Cele. In January, Cele wrote to McBride informing him that his contract would not be renewed or extended when it expires at the end of February. McBride then filed an urgent application, asking the high court in Pretoria to declare Cele’s decision to not renew his contract as “unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid”. The court granted an interim order that stated that the parties in the matter had agreed that Cele’s decision was preliminary and that it must still be confirmed or rejected by the portfolio committee. The committee was still discussing the matter late on Tuesday. “The agreement authorises a process by which the minister is permitted to make a ‘preliminary decision’ not to renew the term of office of the executive d...
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