By Levy Masiteng
Former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has lost a Labour Appeal Court bid to be reinstated after the court dismissed his appeal against his 2020 dismissal from the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Judge Portia Nkutha-Nkontwana, delivering the judgment on Thursday, said the appeal was dismissed with no order as to costs, adding that the order reflected a unanimous outcome “notwithstanding the difference in reasoning”.
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Phahlane was dismissed in 2020 after a SAPS disciplinary process found him guilty of “elements of dishonesty” linked to a long-running procurement dispute over a 2014 contract for 360-degree panoramic cameras.
In that matter, earlier findings against him said he intentionally or negligently contravened public finance rules by refusing to honour the contract. His decision was tied fruitless and wasteful expenditure later quantified at about R24.49 million, in a contract
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