President

Suspension of Vusi Pikoli as NDPP was aimed at preventing the arrest and charging of Commissioner Selebi; this decision was taken unlawfully by then Justice Minister and then President.

“The then Justice Minister... took, in my opinion, an unlawful step, together with the then President, in suspending Vusi Pikoli because I understood that that suspension, in fact, was aimed at preventing the arrest and charging of Commissioner Selebi”

A commissioned officer in the South African Police Service (SAPS) is an officer appointed and signed off by the President but when resigning from SAPS, the rank becomes merely ceremonial without powers.

“A commissioned officer in the South African Police Services Act is the South African Police Services Officer who has been Commissioned and signed off by the President because of his appointment as officer. But that is when you resign from the South African Police Service, it becomes a ceremonial rank that you, if you are not fired, you can keep the ceremonial rank, but you have no powers, no function whatsoever, it is only a ceremonial rank.”