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Judgement expected in Sibiya bid

Judgment in an urgent application by Gauteng Hawks boss Maj-Gen Shadrack Sibiya to have his suspension overturned is expected to be delivered by the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. Judge Elias Matojane said on Monday that he hoped to deliver judgment in the application early on Friday morning. Sibiya[…]

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EFF suspends Mngxitama

Economic Freedom Fighters MPs Andile Mngxitama and Khanyisile Tshabalala have been suspended, the EFF said on Tuesday. “The central command team of the Economic Freedom Fighters has taken a decision to take disciplinary action against fighters Andile Mngxitama and Khanyisile Tshabalala,” national spokesman Mbuyiseni Quintin Ndlozi said in a statement.[…]

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Dramat suspension illegal: court

Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko’s decision to suspend Hawks boss Anwa Dramat was invalid, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Friday. “The order which I make is the following: it is declared that the decision of the minister of police to suspend Lt-Gen Anwa Dramat, the national head of the[…]

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HSF Dramat application postponed

The urgent court application by the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) to set aside the suspension of Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has been postponed to Monday next week. This was after the legal representatives for HSF and Police Minister Nathi Nhleko reached an agreement in the High Court in Pretoria on[…]

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HSF heads to court over Dramat suspension

The High Court in Pretoria is expected on Thursday to hear representations seeking an order for the suspension of Hawks boss Anwa Dramat to be declared invalid. The Helen Suzman Foundation was expected to make representations and said it believed that Police Minister Nathi Nhleko acted unlawfully when he suspended[…]

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Sibiya suspension withdrawn, application collapses

An application for details behind Gauteng Hawks head Maj-Gen Shadrack Sibiya’s notice of suspension was struck from the roll of the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday. “We have been advised that [the Hawks] have withdrawn the notice placing the applicant on precautionary suspension,” Sibiya’s lawyer, Naomi Manaka, told the[…]

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Hawks head goes to court over suspension

Gauteng Hawks head Maj-Gen Shadrack Sibiya goes to the Labour Court on Wednesday to challenge his notice of suspension from the crime-fighting body. His lawyer Victor Nkhwashu told The Star that they were hoping to get details of the suspension. “He [Sibiya] hopes to be supplied with the particulars we’ve[…]

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HSF to challenge Dramat suspension

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) are to approach the Pretoria High Court in a bid to challenge the suspension of Hawks boss, Anwar Dramat. They are hoping the court will take into account a previous ruling on the matter by the Constitutional Court, and have the suspension declared invalid. Dramat[…]

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Sars suspends Richer again

The SA Revenue Service’s strategic planning and risk group executive, Peter Richer, has been suspended again, Sars said on Wednesday. Richer was officially suspended on Tuesday, it said in a statement. He and deputy Sars commissioner Ivan Pillay were initially suspended on December 5 amid allegations of a special projects[…]

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Police mum on Dramat’s suspension

The police ministry will not comment in the media about Hawks boss Anwa Dramat, after his lawyers gave Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko until Monday to lift his suspension. “Dramat and his lawyer decided to make it a media issue. It is really not what we are going to do. The[…]

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