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National police commissioner Khehla Sitole has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to save his job, setting out how bad legal advice and a “plot” to oust him by former IPID boss Robert McBride had sullied his name.

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At issue is a High Court judgment handed down in January, which found Sitole and 2 of his lieutenants, Francinah Vuma and Leonard Tsumane, “breached their duties” in failing to co-operate with IPID, as the cop watchdog probed a string of dodgy deals. The declaratory order is the basis of a looming inquiry into Sitole’s fitness to hold office.

Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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