EMBATTLED national police commissioner Khehla Sitole has been served with a notice of intention to suspend him, eNCA reported on Wednesday night.
Sitole allegedly received a letter from President Cyril Ramaphosa last week asking for representations as to why he should not be suspended as national police commissioner.
According to police sources, Sitole will now have to subject himself to an inquiry.
He’s been given seven days to respond.
The police commissioner was found to have breached his duties as a police officer, in terms of Independent Police Investigating Directorate (IPID) Act, by intentionally frustrating a string of IPID investigations into corrupt procurement deals within the Crime Intelligence environment.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo told the media earlier this week that correspondence between Ramaphosa and the national commissioner was “privileged” and could not be drawn to comment further.
A career cop of over 35 years, Sitole’s troubles began when the
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