In February, it was reported the police had contravened legislation by its failure to appoint a head for the police watchdog.
While Police Minister Bheki Cele is still in contravention of legislation, parliament’s committees exercising oversight over the police gave them three months to recommend a candidate for the position of executive director for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate .
The Ipid Act required that the post be filled within a reasonable time, not exceeding a year, but by 1 March 2020, there was no Ipid head. As per the Ipid Act, the minister must nominate a suitably qualified person for appointment to the office of executive director and the committees must, within a period of 30 parliamentary working days of the nomination, confirm or reject such a nomination.
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