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BL Premium reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to make public details of national police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s exit deal, and why he opted against the disciplinary route initiated in 2021.
On Friday, Ramaphosa said Sitole would “by mutual agreement” vacate his post on 31 March as the two had reached consensus on terminating the commissioner’s service in the “best interests” of SA. Questions soon arose as to whether Sitole was given a “golden handshake” to leave quietly, thereby sidestepping a lengthy disciplinary process that would have cast the ANC, the government and the security cluster in a poor light. DA shadow minister of policing Andrew Whitfield said on Monday: “We would like to know on what terms that mutual agreement was reached. We would like to know the quantum that was paid, because there’s no way that no money was paid. And we would like an explanation as to why the president did not conclude the established disciplinary process.” The DA said it had filed a Promotion of Access to Information Act (Paia) application seeking more details on the “mutual” separation. On Monday the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) linked Sitole’s exit directly to police failures during the July 2021 unrest that left more than 300 people dead. The 145,000-member union welcomed the move, but was concerned about continued leadership instability.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Erin Bates at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
- Read too, Sapu slams Ramaphosa over Sitole separation, on page 2 of The Star of 28 February 2022
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