McBride and police commissioner Phahlane go toe-to-toe in Parliament
McBride said Phahlane should be placed on suspension to allow IPID to conclude their investigation‚ but Phahlane said there was no need for him to be sitting at home
17 May 2017 - 07:27
The head of police watchdog IPID and the acting national police commissioner aired their dirty laundry in Parliament‚ spilling beans against each other‚ which included death threats and attempts to “capture” IPID. IPID Executive director Robert McBride and SAPS' Khomotso Phahlane shocked MPs as they traded serious allegations against each other during a tense meeting of Parliament's portfolio committee on police. The two were summoned by the committee in the wake of claims that Phahlane had been interfering in IPID's investigation into his alleged corrupt dealings with SAPS service providers.
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