South Africa
Police commissioner suspends deputy national commissioner─── 10:44 Sun, 07 Apr 2019
Police commissioner Khehla Sitole has suspended the deputy national commissioner for human resource management, Bonang Mgwenya, who is ranked the second most senior official at the South African Police Service after the commissioner.
News24 reports that she was handed a suspension letter on Thursday just days after making representations on why she should not be suspended following an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) over what one insider, who asked to stay anonymous, told News24 was an innocent act aimed at helping her son obtain a driver's licence at the Benoni testing station.
The deputy commissioner, according to the letter of intention signed by Sitole, is accused of an act of "misconduct", which "detrimentally affected the service" and or even "brought it into disrepute", as well as "abusing her authority".
Mgwenya was said to be implicated in the matter when it emerged some officials at the testing station had issued fraudulent licenses, with one claiming they did the same for her son.
Her attorney Ari Soldatos from Fluxmans Attorneys confirmed to News24 that his client was officially suspended by Sitole on Thursday. He also confirmed that his client has already asked him to challenge the suspension.
News24 attempts to reach the police minister were unsuccessful.
