StateCaptureInquiry: Media should have 'exercised caution' in Zim rendition saga, Zondo hears
Johannesburg - Ex-Ipid boss Robert McBride has criticised the media for the handling of the leaked Werksmans report into the Zimbabwean rendition saga and says the Sunday Times should have ‘exercised caution’ when dealing with leaked reports.
The law firm was appointed by former police minister Nathi Nhleko in early 2015. Nhleko had asked the firm to investigate McBride and other Ipid investigators role in altering a report on the Zimbabwean rendition. The rendition case implicated former Hawks head Anwa Dramat and former Gauteng Hawks head Shadrick Sibiya who had been accused of unlawfully handing over Zimbabwean fugitives to the Zimbabwean police in 2010. The suspects later died in custody.
Nhleko then hired Werksmans to investigate the investigation that was conducted by McBride and his team on the Zimbabwean rendition matter. The Sunday Times had run a series of stories on the Zimbabwean rendition matter since 2011. The journalists that worked on the case were awarded for their reporting on the saga.McBride said journalists should have asked questions to their sources that leaked the report.
He said more scrutiny was warranted especially because anti-corruption fighting bodies were under attack.
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