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The charge sheet was defective in charging under section 4 of PRECCA, reversing the roles of who gives and who receives gratification, which should be the other way around according to the law.

“the way they drafted their charge sheet, it was vice versa. They are saying the Generals gave to a civilian. The Generals being public officials...they should receive, not give, and this civilian should give, not receive.”

A civilian was appointed over experienced police Colonels after a competitive interview process, and there is nothing wrong with that.

“the fact that a civilian was appointed, there is nothing wrong with that”

The IDAC investigation improperly targeted a civilian alleged in connection with events from April to June 2024, which was not justified by the referral, statement, or affidavit.

“IDAC's investigation goes to April, it goes to May, it goes to June, and it targets this individual civilian in circumstances that are simply not justified by the referral or the statement or the affidavit itself”

The complaint referral and affidavit concern allegations of fraud, corruption, and undue benefit to a civilian, justifying further investigation.

“I get there in terms of the allegation of fraud and corruption and the unduly benefiting of a civilian. Hence, I said initially, I am not going back on agreeing with the sufficiency hereof. At the time, the assessment is whether there is fraud and corruption and whether someone unduly benefited and that it does allow for further investigation”

High ranking police officials were involved in manipulating promotions and security vetting processes to unduly benefit civilians, but no concrete facts are provided to support these allegations in the document.

“It says that high ranking police officials were involved in ... manipulating promotions ... manipulating security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian ... you would have to state facts, concrete facts that make you come to the conclusion that this was manipulation.”

High-ranking police officials manipulated promotional and security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian with no prior policing or management experience, constituting a crime.

“allegations relate to certain high-ranking police officials being involved in manipulating promotional and security vetting process to unduly benefit a person, a civilian... It is a crime because she had no prior policing experience. It is a crime that she had no management experience”

The manipulation of promotional and security vetting processes to benefit a civilian without policing experience is presented as a serious allegation that requires investigation under section 27 referral and a preliminary investigation under section 28 (13).

“serious allegation being made here, that there is manipulation of processes by high-ranking officers giving a civilian with no experience and appointing her in a Crime Intelligence post”

Chief Mashaba considered reporting to Director Pompi as a compromise of the operation based on information from a civilian.

“So you considered reporting to Director Pompi as being an issue that will compromise this operation”