Parliament to debate McBride disciplinary matter
18 October 2016
Cape Town - Parliament’s police committee will decide on Tuesday whether to start disciplinary procedures against Independent Police Investigative Directorate head Robert McBride.
On September 6, the Constitutional Court declared Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s decision to suspend McBride invalid. However, the order was suspended for 30 days in order for the National Assembly and Nhleko to exercise their powers.
The 30-day suspension expires on Tuesday.
If the committee did not initiate disciplinary proceedings against McBride by Tuesday, his suspension would lapse automatically. He would then be entitled to return to work “amid serious allegations of misconduct against him”, Nhleko wrote in a letter to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete.