BusinessLive reports that the lawyers for former Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza say they will be heading to the High Court in Pretoria seeking an urgent interdict preventing Police Minister Fikile Mbalula from interfering with Ntlemeza’s right to return to work.  

They insist Ntlemeza is entitled to return to work until his appeal against the high court order that his appointment as Hawks head is invalid has been heard.  Mbalula has since appointed an acting Hawks head, Ntlemeza’s deputy Lt-Gen Yolisa Matakata after the high court dismissed Ntlemeza’s application for leave to appeal against its earlier ruling.  On Monday, Mbalula advised the press that Ntlemeza had arrived at the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in the morning and had demanded that he be given the use of a state vehicle, which has since been returned.  The minister said if Ntlemeza again entered the Hawks’ head office in Pretoria he would be arrested.  But on Monday night, Adv. Comfort Ngidi, Ntlemeza’s lawyer, said they had informed Mbalula he should not interfere with their client if he reported for duty and that they would be taking the matter up in court on Tuesday.

• Read this report by Nce Mkhize in full at BusinessLive
• See too, Defiant Ntlemeza to take on Mbalula in court, at Cape Times
• And also, Former Hawks boss Ntlemeza returns state vehicle, at The Citizen

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