Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride delivered explosive testimony before parliament’s ad hoc committee yesterday, alleging a calculated campaign by crime intelligence to infiltrate oversight bodies and “fabricate” evidence against high-ranking officials. McBride appeared before the committee as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption within the criminal justice system. During his testimony, McBride addressed the controversial “illegal rendition” case of 2010 involving the arrest and handover of Zimbabwean nationals to Zimbabwean authorities, which resulted in several deaths.
He explained why Ipid refused to recommend the prosecution of former Hawks bosses Shadrack Sibiya and Anwa Dramat. McBride asserted that the case was a result of “connivance” between the minister’s office and the National Prosecuting Authority to remove officers who had crossed powerful figures such as former head of crime intelligence Richard Mdluli.
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