National police commissioner riah phiyega
Mixed reaction over Phiyega’s departure
Lesetja Mothiba has taken over as acting police commissioner, but the Police Ministry says it hopes to appoint a permanent candidate by the end of the year.
The Claassen report says 34 miners might not have died if Phiyega had paid attention to details of the police’s plan to act.
The report was tabled in Parliament last month and was classified as confidential but is now a public document.
The initial report was tabled in Parliament last month but was classified as confidential.
Phiyega instructed her legal team to challenge the Claassen Commission of Inquiry’s final report, which found that she was unfit to hold office.
It’s reported the inquiry found Riah Phiyega was not fit to hold office, should be dismissed and lied to the Marikana Commission.
Top cop Riah Phiyega was suspended pending the outcome of an inquiry into her fitness to hold office and conduct over Marikana massacre.
Phiyega has until next week to submit further representations to President Jacob Zuma about her fitness to hold office.
The political party has come out in defence of suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega.
It is understood that the report recommends that Riah Phiyega be relieved of office for her role in the Marikana massacre.
President Zuma set up the inquiry in September 2015 after the Farlam Commission’s report found Riah Phiyega guilty of misconduct.
The City Press at the weekend reported that the board has already decided that the suspended police chief is unfit to hold office.
The suspended national police commissioner faced questions about her role during the 2012 Marikana massacre.
The acting police chief says allegations of corruption against him are simply efforts to tarnish his image & undermine his integrity.
Riah Phiyega is facing the Claassen Board of Inquiry into her fitness to hold office.
Phiyega’s legal team has argued there was no need for her to testify at the Claassen Inquiry.
Lawyers will wrap-up their closing arguments today, and then Judge Neels Claassen will make his decision.
Riah Phiyega is facing an inquiry into her fitness to hold office in relation to the Marikana massacre.
The board has heard that Riah Phiyega should have taken control of the Marikana Massacre situation.