StateCaptureCommission 'My suspension was part of that process to take control of independent anti-corruption bodies and remove their heads and then to supplant them with compliant people who would not carry out their tasks diligently.'
Former head of the Independent Police Investigation Directorate took to the state capture inquiry on April 11 2019 to reveal the forces at play in an attempt to ‘capture the state’.
McBride spent a large part of his opening testimony on Thursday outlining the evidence he is due to present, most of which relates to political interference in Ipid's work, the covering up of corruption in the police, and the sacking of competent heads at institutions like the Hawks and the South African Revenue Services to cover up malfeasance.
"A few years ago, I came to the conclusion and expressed myself publicly but I had also engaged with other affected persons from other organisations. The statement I made is that it [the weakening of anti-corruption entities] is to cover up crimes committed before, crimes being committed in the present, and crimes expected to take place in the future."
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