Nhleko told the commission on Wednesday that he’s surprised it hasn’t asked people, including Robert McBride who claim he captured the security and justice cluster to provide evidence.
Former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko is into his third day of giving evidence at the state capture inquiry.
The former Police Minister said he only informed then-President Jacob Zuma and former police commissioner Riah Phiyega about his decision to remove Anwa Dramat.
The first report recommended the removal of Hawks bosses Anwa Dramat and Shadrack Sibiya but the second report exonerated them.
Former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko said that he was concerned that there were two reports into Zimbabwe renditions, one saying that Hawks bosses Anwa Dramat and Shadrack Sibiya were implicated in the renditions and should be criminally charged, while another cleared them.
The former Police Minister said the group was expected to look into matters including long-time suspensions, such as that of former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, the efficiency of the South African Police Service and the illegal rendition of Zimbabweans.
Former Ipid head Robert McBride told the state capture commission of inquiry that former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko employed a Zimbabwean convicted fraudster who had no security clearance as chief of staff.
In 2019, Robert McBride told the commission that Nhleko personally interfered in a supposedly independent investigation as part of a plan to get him out of Ipid.
Ipid investigator Innocent Khuba made this submission at the state capture commission of inquiry on Friday.
This was the evidence of Ipid investigator Innocent Khuba at the public hearings on Friday.
McBride was testifying at the state capture commission of inquiry on Friday where he was asked about the investigation by law firm Werksmans attorneys.
Former Ipid head Robert McBride has made the claims about former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko during his testimony at the commission on Friday, which is now dealing with the capture of the criminal justice system.
Nhleko had accused McBride and the investigators of unlawfully changing an investigation report in order to clear implicated officers.
The police ministry has announced it will now initiate the processes to formally place the major general on retirement.
The development follows the Supreme Court's rejection of Ntlemeza's bid to appeal the High Court order which set aside his appointment.
Public Works Minister Nathi Nhleko says there are plans to transform the construction and property sector by growing and developing black-owned businesses.
The Police Minister says he withdrew the appeal in the Berning Ntlemeza matter which was filed by his predecessor Nathi Nhleko because it was in the national interest.
The SJC & other groups took the SAPS to court over its apparent failure to address staff shortages in poor communities.
