By Johnathan Paoli
Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride told Parliament’s ad hoc committee probing corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system that former national deputy commissioner Shadrack Sibiya was deliberately framed in the controversial rendition case that ultimately derailed senior police leadership and triggered political retaliation against IPID.
Being led by evidence leader Norman Arendse in Cape Town on Tuesday, McBride said the investigation into the alleged illegal rendition of Zimbabwean suspects was fundamentally flawed and that evidence pointed to a deliberate attempt to implicate then-Hawks head Anwa Dramat and Sibiya.
“It was clear that Shadrack Sibiya was not anywhere near the scene of the crime. It appeared to be a stitch-up, and he was being framed,” McBride told the committee.
He said IPID’s report, which exonerated both Dramat and Sibiya, directly contradicted the position taken by then police minister Nathi Nhleko.
“It was
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