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News24 reports that two Tshwane Metro Police Department officers, who have had several criminal cases opened against them, were handed precautionary suspension letters, but allegedly refused to accept them.
Johnson Lebombo and Aubrey Phalane allegedly have a history of misconduct. The two men were suspended in 2022 following allegations of serious acts of misconduct. However, the suspensions apparently lapsed, and they were allowed to return to work. Since then, there have allegedly been more acts of serious misconduct, which led to the city manager's decision to suspend the two officers again. Their suspension letters were served just a day after they appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on charges of corruption, defeating the ends of justice, and extortion. It is alleged that both officers refused to sign the letters and that their union also had an issue. The Tshwane SA Municipal Workers Union's Ngwako Mathabathe explained that the City had allegedly tried to extend the 2022 suspension of the two metro police officers. "If there is misconduct that the members have committed, they must issue a new suspension," he pointed out. Tshwane Corporate and Shared Services MMC Kingsley Wakelin advised that there were human resources and labour processes underway involving both Lebombo and Phalane. "At this present moment, this matter is being attended to and given the urgency it deserves by the current leadership. We expect that we will soon have an outcome regarding the suspensions," he said. Apparently, more than a dozen criminal cases were opened between 2017 and 2022 against the two metro police officers, with allegations including corruption, extortion, robbery, kidnapping, and assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm and theft.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alex Mitchley at News24 (subscriber access only)
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