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KZN provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Ad hoc committee consults witnesses ahead of second phase of hearings

The parliamentary committee is scheduled to hear evidence on corruption in the policing system until 20 February

State Security Agency director general Thembi Majola

Spy agency boss Thembi Majola to quit

The resignation comes at the height of renewed attacks on long-haulage trucks

Truth to power: The M&G’s columnist has strong words for Police Minister Bheki Cele who he says is visible but ineffective. Photo: Morapedi Mashashe/Gallo Images & Darren Stewart/Gallo Image

Reshuffle: Ramaphosa forced to play a game of thrones

The shifts were not about improving government’s efficiency but about securing political futures

Dennis Bergkamp celebrates scoring a goal for Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Newcastle United on January 23, 2005 in London, England. (Photo: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

We all find God in different places

Finding God in the sports star, the struggle, the Durban bunny chow – rather than the professional proselytiser

Eight members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Wednesday withdrew their application to the Zondo commission to cross-examine former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride

Implicated NPA members drop bid to cross-examine Booysen, McBride at Zondo commission

Andrew Chauke and colleagues asked that their version be read at the commission and included in its final report

On reflection: Dimitri Tsafendas was sent to Sterkfontein mental hospital in Krugersdorp after years in prison (seen here in 1976). (Courtesy of Gordon Winter)

The biographies of Robert McBride and Dimitri Tsafendas share a curious resonance

Although the two men were from different generations, their lives both lay bare the atrocities of the apartheid state

(John McCann/M&G)

Unfinished business: We need self-examination to heal from apartheid

Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars

Explosive: ‘Robert McBride: The Struggle Continues’

​The night McBride and friends blew up Magoo’s Bar

‘Robert McBride: The Struggle Continues’ is published by Tafelberg. This is an excerpt from the book

Robert McBride claims that the timing of the public protector’s release of the report is “suspicious”. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Ridiculous and irrational’ — McBride gears up to fight Mkhwebane’s Ipid report

The public protector’s report potentially erodes the police watchdog’s independence, McBride says

Former Ipid boss Robert McBride. (Photo: Gustav Butlex)

McBride to take on Public Protector over Ipid report

Mkhwebane signed off on a report stating that a former Ipid investigator’s complaint that his suspension for whistle-blowing was “substantiated”

Former Ipid boss Robert McBride. (Photo: Gustav Butlex)

Kgamanyane wasted no time restructuring Ipid in McBride’s absence

Israel Kgamanyane allegedly transferred, suspended or dismissed at least eight Ipid officials during his 18-month stint as the acting head of Ipid

Former Ipid boss Robert McBride has had his testimony postponed twice. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
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LIVESTREAM: McBride to testify before Zondo commission

After two postponements, former Ipid boss Robert McBride is set to give testimony before the Zondo commission

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

McBride postponement reveals Zondo commission admin hurdles

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo begrudgingly okayed the postponement of McBride’s testimony for the same reason it was delayed in February

Former Ipid boss Robert McBride was scheduled to give his evidence in February, but the commission’s legal team asked that his testimony be pushed forward because of the last-minute completion of his statement. (David Harrison/M&G)

Second McBride postponement ‘unacceptable’ — Zondo

The Zondo commission’s legal team applied to postpone the former Ipid head’s testimony owing to their failure to notify implicated parties

(Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Zondo commission: McBride set to detail crime cluster capture

The former Ipid boss is expected to implicate more that 30 people in the alleged capture of the criminal justice cluster

Former Ipid boss Robert McBride has had his testimony postponed twice. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

MPs recommend that McBride’s Ipid contract should not be renewed

The committee has deliberated on the matter since Monday, with clear partisan lines between the ANC and Democratic Alliance emerging

Police Minister Bheki Cele. (David Harrison/M&G)

Renewing McBride’s term would be ‘irrational’ — Cele

In a letter, Cele wrote that a misconduct complaint against McBride to the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane had been referred for investigation

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McBride’s list: Ipid boss includes Nathi Nhleko and Shaun Abrahams among ‘capturers of the criminal justice system’

Former Ipid boss Robert McBride was scheduled to give his evidence in February, but the commission’s legal team asked that his testimony be pushed forward because of the last-minute completion of his statement. (David Harrison/M&G)

McBride on crime cluster capture

More than 30 people will be implicated by the head of Ipid at the Zondo inquiry

An appeal against the Khosa judgment on police brutality seems imminent after Police Minister Bheki Cele tried to do a deal with the Khosa family through their lawyers — asking them to abandon a crucial part of the court order in exchange for an expedited appeal process.  (David Harrison/M&G)

Cele must answer police committee over McBride’s job

The committee met on Thursday to set out a programme for dealing with the matter of whether or not to renew Ipid boss Robert McBride’s contract