Cape Town - Parliament is all but certain to appoint Robert
McBride as head of the watchdog Independent Police Investigative Directorate,
after the portfolio committee on police backed his nomination for the post on
Wednesday.
The ANC outvoted opposition parties on the committee who had
vehemently opposed McBride's nomination. They argued that the former Umkhonto
weSizwe bomber's past brushes with the law had rendered him wholly unsuitable
for the post. But Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa told committee members he
had full confidence in McBride and believed under him IPID would "dispel
the perception of impunity in the police" which had damaged its image. The watchdog body has been without a permanent head for more
than a year following the departure of Francois Beukman.
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