Zuma asks suspended SAPS boss Gen Phiyega to make additional written representations

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday asked suspended National Commissioner of the South African Police Service‚ General Victoria ‘Riah’ Phiyega‚ to make additional written representations to him over the Board of Inquiry's report into her fitness to hold office amid allegations of misconduct.

Zuma accepted the board's final report on December 15.

"The President is still considering the report‚" his office said in a statement today.

It said the board has also submitted a copy of its report to Phiyega‚ and that arrangements are being made by the board to submit a copy of the report to Parliament.

"The Presidency has written to General Phiyega requesting her to make additional written representations that may assist the President in considering the recommendations of the Board of Inquiry."

The Classen board of inquiry concluded its work in November. City Press newspaper reported previously that the board had found she was not fit to hold office following her role in the Marikana massacre in 2012 that saw 34 mine workers gunned down by police officers.

Zuma appointed the Claassen board in 2015‚ following recommendations by Judge Ian Farlam in the Marikana report.

Farlam’s report‚ which followed a judicial inquiry into the massacre‚ implicated Phiyega and other senior police officers in the workers’ deaths.

Zuma suspended Phiyega in 2015‚ pending the outcome of the board’s hearings.