The internal investigation into the suspension of Robert McBride, head of the State Security Agency (SSA) foreign branch, is going nowhere slowly with no conclusion after more than four months.
Robert McBride, head of the State Security Agency foreign branch, was suspended in April. File photo.The internal investigation into the suspension of Robert McBride, head of the State Security Agency foreign branch, is going nowhere slowly with no conclusion after more than four months.
The suspension of McBride followed a fallout between him and Dlodlo, compounded by an incident in Mozambique when an SSA team was allegedly “arrested” by the Mozambican authorities. McBride was suspended because the Mozambicans were allegedly unhappy with the SSA team in their midst. Dlodlo intervened by jetting to Maputo to discuss the matter with her counterparts there. However, sources close to the operation earlier told thethat the Mozambican police were well aware of the SA operatives in the country and had shared information with one another.
The team even had travel permits issued by the Mozambican police to move around freely in Cabo Delgado. During the meeting an intelligence report from a source in Portugal was used against McBride even though a copy of the report later showed it was dated after the Sunday meeting. According to the SSA sources, an intermediary apparently approached him to ask what it would take for him to settle, to which McBride responded: “The end of the world”.Mava Scott, spokesperson for the SSA, early in August would only confirm that “an acting director of the foreign branch [Joyce Mashele] has been appointed and work continues at that level”.Scott also said the McBride’s situation “is being handled internally in terms of the prescripts governing labour relations.
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