Combating Corruption
Lt-Gen Dramat,
national head of Hawks and KZN boss Johan Booysen are suspended
BY LINDA ENSOR,
24 ДЕКАБРЬ 2014, 14:27
General Anwa Dramat.Picture: TREVOR
SAMPSON
CAPE
TOWN — It is not only the national head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-General Anwa
Dramat who has been placed under precautionary suspension by Police Minister
Nkosinathi Nhleko, but apparently also the head of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) head
of the Hawks, Lt-Gen Johan Booysen.
Helen
Suzman Foundation director Francis Antonie said on Wednesday that the
suspensions "on the eve of Christmas, of the director of the Hawks and of
his KZN counterpart, are troubling in so far as they destabilise the
administration of justice, more particularly, the fight against corruption.
"
He
said he had it on good authority that Lt-Gen Booysen had been quietly suspended
last Friday because of his persistence in investigating well-connected people
with the support of Lt-Gen Dramat. However police ministry spokesman Musa Zondi
could not confirm or deny the suspension of Lt Gen Booysen.
Lt-Gen
Dramat is understood to be lodging an urgent application to the Labour Court in
Cape Town on Wednesday to have his suspension overturned.
Democratic
Alliance (DA) police spokeswoman Dianne Kohler-Barnard said Lt-Gen Booysen had
been instrumental in conducting various investigations into six MECs. He had
also investigated the KZN police commissioner Major-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni
and her "corrupt" relationship with Mr Toshan Panday, a close
business partner of President Jacob Zuma’s son.
"The
National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, tried to fire him (Lt-Gen Booysen),
but was stymied by the ruling that only the head of the Hawks may do so,"
Ms Kohler Barnard said. She said the obvious next move was to suspend Lt-Gen
Dramat and replace him with a "puppet", who would do the job of
getting rid of Lt-Gen Booysen…
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