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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) boss Robert McBride has accused some of the high-ranking officials arrested during a series of raids this week of conducting a reign of terror against IPID investigators when he was its head.<\/p>\n

McBride was speaking at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday ahead of the appearance of the six people, including former national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane, high-ranking Crime Intelligence officers and two businessmen.<\/p>\n

The group was arrested in connection with a R54 million procurement scandal which spans years.<\/p>\n

The accused are Phahlane, acting head of the Crime Intelligence secret fund Major-General Obed Nemutanzhela, Colonel Godfrey Mahwayi and Major-General Agnes Makhele, the head of Crime Intelligence in the Free State, as well as businessmen Avendra Naidoo and Inbanathan Kistiah.<\/p>\n

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They were arrested in Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Gqeberha between Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

When Phahlane arrived in court along with his co-accused, he was asked by a reporter how he was feeling.<\/p>\n

“Can’t you see I look good,” he responded.<\/p>\n

Before proceedings started on Wednesday, McBride told reporters the indictment “looked water-tight as it [did] three years ago”.<\/p>\n

“Some amongst the people who were arrested \u2026 conducted a reign of terror against IPID investigators.<\/p>\n

“For us, this [the arrests] is a message not only for the criminal justice system but for the entire country that eventually the law will catch up with you, and you will have to face the consequences.<\/p>\n

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“Of course, I must add, there are due processes. They are not yet guilty, but for us, the purpose of the investigation is to bring the case to court, and we think a good job is being done with the investigation.”<\/p>\n

McBride said Phahlane had previously accused him of conducting a witch-hunt against him.<\/p>\n

However, he added, Phahlane himself had been arrested several times and was therefore “a serial arrestee, and it has nothing to do with me. It is just hard work and evidence that sticks”.<\/p>\n

News24 earlier reported the investigation centred on a procurement scandal from the state capture era, in which the cop spook division manipulated procurement processes for a R54 million splurge on social media monitoring tools and telephone encryption software.<\/p>\n

The R33 million purchase of a social media monitoring tool called RIPJAR began in December 2016, using emergency procurement prescripts, with the tool “urgently” needed to address “Fees Must Fall” university protests, News24 reported.<\/p>\n

To procure the software, Crime Intelligence obtained two quotations – one from a company named I-View owned by businessman Kistiah, and the second from a firm called Perfect Source Solutions.<\/p>\n

Perfect Source was a human resources and recruitment company whose sole director was Gevani Naidoo. Her husband, Avendra, allegedly provided the other quote Kistiah needed.<\/p>\n

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The procurement was apparently driven by Mahwayi, who had no authority for procurement in his role.<\/p>\n

He sourced the quotations and within two days, R33 million was in Kistiah’s bank account, with no contract or agreement in place.<\/p>\n

IPID investigators alleged they found no evidence the RIPJAR software was ever delivered.<\/p>\n

Months later, Crime Intelligence looked to I-View and Kistiah to provide phone encryption software called Deadelus for R21 million. Similarly, Mahwayi obtained two quotes from the same two companies, and I-View secured its second windfall.<\/p>\n

The suspects were released on bail ranging from R5 000 to R50 000.<\/p>\n

The matter has been postponed to 7 December.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, during the accused’s appearance, the courtroom was packed to capacity, resulting in some media houses being barred from covering proceedings.<\/p>\n

Only eNCA, the SABC and Newzroom Afrika were allowed to cover the case.<\/p>\n

While the magistrate cited Covid-19 regulations as a need to limit access to the courtroom, no social distancing measures were implemented to ensure everyone’s safety.<\/p>\n

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