Robert McBride recommended for head of Independent Police Investigative Directorate

[James]

Cabinet has recommended that former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride be appointed head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).

"We believe Mr McBride's appointment as head of Ipid will help this important institution to achieve [its]... mandate," Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said in a statement on Tuesday.

Mthethwa said Cabinet decided to recommend McBride as Ipid executive director at a meeting on Wednesday.

 

[McT]

Where the heck do they dredge their candidates from? Trouble follows this fella. He may have been acquitted of charges, but he's been plagued by controversy. Is he going to follow the likes of Sebebi and Cebe, and become an embarrassment to the profession and country?