Richard Mdluli still living the high-life despite three-year suspension
15 June 2015
The DA will today write to the Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko, to request that he answers a raft of questions pertaining to former, disgraced Crime Intelligence Head, Richard Mdluli, who has been suspended since 3 June 2012 with a salary of just over R1.3 million a year and has been living the high-life at taxpayers’ expense (see City Press report).
Minister Nhleko must account to taxpayers who have been footing the bill for Mdluli’s expenses, which include business class flights, a bodyguard and a full-time driver with a state vehicle, as well as various newspaper subscriptions.
This is according to senior police sources who spoke to the media over the weekend.
Indeed, Mr Mdluli has been allowed to live off the country’s taxpayers because he enjoys protection from a number of senior government officials who will go to great lengths to shield him from due accountability. It is no secret that Mr Mdluli has very close ties with President Jacob Zuma.