StateCaptureInquiry 'The manipulation of statistics and the closing of cases under the provision of special closure was utilised to come to that conclusion.'
"At some stage, a duplicate of the same case made under a different case number in the Ipid case control system was made - and subsequently both cases were closed because they were duplicates of each other," said McBride.
"It was reported that Ipid's performance had gone up since the suspension of the executive director [McBride] and the appointment of an acting executive director [Israel Kgamanyane]. It was not accurate and it was untrue. The manipulation of statistics and the closing of cases under the provision of special closure was utilised to come to that conclusion.
"The practice was quite widespread across provinces and an instruction had been given at some stage ... it also occurred in KZN and Gauteng. It wasn’t an isolated case; it was a number of cases on special closure," he said. "We were then forced the following financial year to change the definition of what a completed case is and how it is handled. It also resulted in a new standard operating procedure, which was then signed.""In the period, [Berning Ntlemeza] indicated that the performance of the Hawks had gone up after [Anwa Dramat's] removal.
McBride's testimony will continue on Tuesday. It will be his fourth day testifying at the commission.
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