FORMER IPID boss Robert McBride has been appointed as the director of the Foreign Branch of the State Security Agency.
McBride’s appointment was approved by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
In a statement on Thursday, the State Security Ministry said McBride had been appointed for a period of three years commencing from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023.
“The President approved the appointment in terms of section 8(1) of the Intelligence Services Act, 65 of 2002. Mr. McBride has been appointed for a period of three years commencing from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023,” said State Security in a statement.
“Minister [Ayanda] Dlodlo welcomes Mr. McBride to his new position and wishes him well for his tenure in the agency. She also expresses her sincere thanks to the President for filling this position, which has been vacant for about four years.”
McBride has been a former chief of the Metropolitan Police for Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and later executive director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.
News of McBride’s appointment also comes as Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee has endorsed the appointment of Jennifer Dikeledi Ntlatseng as the new executive director at Ipid.
(Compiled by Inside Politics staff)
