Robert mcbride
WATCH LIVE: Zondo inquiry to hear McBride’s, Booysen’s cross-examination
The state capture commission will on Thursday hear law enforcement-related evidence from brigadier Pharas Ncube, Major General Jan Mabula, and the...
The former North West head of commercial crimes investigations, Brigadier Daniel Ncube, was expected to cross-examine McBride after his testimony.
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.
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 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.
The former Ipid head has been called to serve as director for the foreign branch, a move that is hoped will bring about stability to the agency.
In a statement, the State Security Ministry said Robert McBride had been appointed for a period of three years commencing from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023.
Former head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Robert McBride did not make the cut.
The parties will head to court in two weeks’ time with an agreement to put the remedial action on ice.
Robert McBride, the watchdog body's head of the investigation, Matthews Sesoko, and six others filed an application on Wednesday to first suspend the remedial action before taking the report on judicial review.
Robert McBride has now admitted that he was aware of this practice from as far back as 2014 and not just when he was suspended.
The former head of IPID Robert Mcbride and seven others, have taken one of Busisiwe Mkhwebane's reports on review.
A probe by investigative unit Viewfinder and Eyewitness News revealed that some of the cases that are alleged to have been closed without proper investigation include those of rape, death as a result of police action and death in police custody.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said that during Robert McBride’s tenure, a deputy director was irregularly appointed while a whistleblower who lodged the complaint to her office, was unfairly suspended.
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.
The shortlisted names of those who want to be the next deputy Public Protector include a number of advocates and legal experts.