Presidency confirmed on Thursday that national police commissioner Khehla Sitole has been given 14 days to give reasons why he should not be suspended.
Sitole had failed to cooperate with a probe of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate into the grabber.While campaigning in Tshwane on Thursday, Mabuza said he had no reason to doubt the decision of Ramaphosa to give the police head the notice to suspend him pending the board of inquiry into his fitness to hold office.“The decision rests with the president and I am not going to challenge the observation of the president.
Political parties have also entered the fray and said tensions between Police Minister Bheki Cele and Sitole have been simmering for a while.Cele has been in charge of the police since Ramaphosa took over the reins. Ramaphosa has indicated that he will set up a board of inquiry to investigate Sitole’s fitness to hold office.