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QUESTIONED: Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa

FUL also applied for an interdict against Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, preventing him from moving Mdluli to a new position before a review into his reinstatement could be heard.

The case will be heard by the Pretoria High Court on June 5.

Anti-apartheid activist and FUL member Mamphela Ramphele said in the organisation's founding affidavit that former police commissioners Jackie Selebi and Bheki Cele were suspended by Mthethwa for "less serious criminal charges" than Mdluli's.

"The way ... Mdluli had been dealt with by the respondents reflects an extraordinary degree of a lack of accountability and a breach of a culture of justification," said Ramphele.

She said Mdluli's letter, which plotted out a conspiracy against him, had generated mistrust and instability in the South African Police Service.

The letter, written by Mdluli in November, was addressed to President Jacob Zuma, Mthethwa and acting national police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

In it, Mdluli reportedly wrote that Cele, Hawks head Lieutenant-General Anwa Dramat, operational services head Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya and Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant-General Mzwandile Petros were ganging up against him.

Ramphele said the task team, appointed by Mthethwa to investigate the allegations in the letter, would not resolve "the problem" caused by Mdluli's reinstatement.

"By his conduct, the minister accepted that there was a need to act, but has not initiated suspension proceedings, or any other measure which would remove ... Mdluli from active daily service in SAPS," she said.

On May 9, Mthethwa announced that Mdluli would be shifted from his position to another division.

Last year, Mdluli faced fraud and corruption charges relating to alleged misuse of a crime intelligence fund, the purchase of luxury vehicles and the hiring of family members.

He also faced a murder charge for the alleged murder of the boyfriend of his former girlfriend.

Both sets of charges were withdrawn and Mdluli was reinstated as head of crime intelligence.

The murder investigation became an inquest. - Sapa

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May 16, 2012

tpaz

You can not fight the mafia and win.
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May 16, 2012

kolobe

what do zuma and nathi see in this apartheid spy?why are they trying so hard to save him?what do people in kzn people see in the current leadership? kzn will destroy political freedom with tribal apartheid
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May 16, 2012

Pointman

Now! - if she is getting worried enough to take on the government then we should be very worried indeed. So far she has restricted herself to criticising the government but this is new - so she must be worried about the health of our democracy big time.
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May 16, 2012

ApelMankotsana

I fully support the move. You see...there are very serious allegation levelled against Richard Mdluli such that his move to another police unit does not only undermine the police service but it does compromise his position. He is alleged to have employed his relatives, girlfriends and his in-laws into senior position within the police, he is alleged to have misused the police secret fund by buying fancy cars and going on holidays, he is alleged to have stolen dockets relating to a Commissioner in Rustenburg, he admitted to have tapped telephones of Fikile Mbalula, Tokyo Sexwale and Julius Malema and that he was a member of the apartheid security branch....Surely such an individual cannot be our police commissioner.
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May 16, 2012

TheDictator

The people shall govern..........
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May 16, 2012

MGEEZ

tpaz
You can not fight the mafia and win.
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That is not true, it just depends on where you are standing and with which lenses are you looking at the world!!! If you ever watched Erin Bronkovich (a movie by starring Julia Roberts based on a true story); you will never undermine an underdog again in your life!!! Ramphele knows this and she also knows that in the story of David vs Goliath; it was David who won and not Goliath!!! Furthermore we need more Ramphele's to end the corruption cancer eating the fabric of our society!!!
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May 16, 2012

molefelives

Amazulu?
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May 16, 2012

KeRataBasadi

Zuma protecting a former apartheid cop, makes you wonder if some of our "leaders" were not in bed with the enemy all along, however I think this Mdluli guy is playing on showers paranoia and its working, ofcourse now that the serial plotter (tokyo sexwale) is in the running for his job, he will sell his soul to anyone or thing to avoid embarassment in Mangaung, I would not be suprised if he [shawara] enlisted the help of some more apartheid agents like Mamasela or De Klerk.
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May 16, 2012

RobinH

Dictator. And now for the next record!
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May 16, 2012

7000000

The ANC have got a new problem in town, and that problem is Ramphele This old mama thinks she knows the ANC. Let us tell Mamphela that now as we speak too many ANC Cadres have got PhD is not like you are the only one with a PhD in Mzanzi. We have them as well and have written many articles than you may think. Mamphela problem is that the Zuma led Government have never consider her for any DG post or Vice Chancellor of a certain University. The reason is simple we have lots of academics in mzazi and you are just another one! you are not in any way special as you are just another number! Unlike the previous ANC regime that was allowing you to ''loud mouth'' here your lousy plan will not work. We do not care that much about idiots who still hub under apartheid antics, we do not depend on those kinds of hand outs for the survival of ANC led Government. When are you getting married!? all the women of your age are married but what about you!!When are you going to stop depending on lapdogs and toy boys for the quench of your sexual thirst!! you are suffering we know that you are suffering from sexual starvation so you climax your self by vomiting on the ANC. We appeal to Comrade Nathi not to listen to sexually starved mosquito who will never take our country anywhere , we do not need your vote in the coming General Elections after Mangaung Mamphela because it will not help nor change anything.
The ANC have got lots of intellects in and out side South Africa who have brilliantly studied, that is why the Government is running smoothly.
We do not care that much about ''low dress'' mistress who got all her degrees by sleeping with lectures and professors on her way up!!
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