Daily Podcast-September 06, 2016

6th September 2016 By: Thabi Shomolekae - Creamer Media Senior Writer

Daily Podcast-September 06, 2016

Suspended Ipid head Robert McBride
Photo by: Netwerk

September, 06 2016.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Thabi Madiba.

Making headlines:
Gordhan thinks he is untouchable says Malema
UWC supports fee-free education with state support
And, Constitutional Court to deliver McBride suspension judgment


Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan thinks he is untouchable, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema told journalists on Monday.
Malema said Gordhan was setting a precedent for South Africans to disrespect the Hawks.
He said South Africans could now tell the Hawks where to get off, because "we learnt from Pravin". He said Gordhan should teach South Africans that when the law calls you to account, "be scared and respond".


The University of the Western Cape supports free education for the poor and the “missing middle”, but must receive sufficient support from the state.
Addressing the fees commission in Cape Town on Monday, academic deputy vice chancellor, Professor Vivienne Lawack, warned against a one-size-fits-all approach to institutions.
The university was financially sound, but did not have the necessary reserves to sustain itself for an extended period without funding.
She said state funding through a subsidy had declined 11% since 2000.


The Constitutional Court is expected to deliver judgement today in the case brought by suspended Independent Police Investigative Directorate executive director Robert McBride challenging the lawfulness of Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s move to “unilaterally” suspend him.
McBride wants his suspension by the police minister declared invalid.
On May 17, Advocate Steven Budlender, for McBride, told the Constitutional Court that he felt Parliament should have been given 30 days to make a decision and state what grounds the decision was made on.
McBride was accused of tampering with an IPID report into whether the former head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the Hawks, Lieutenant General Anwa Dramat, was involved in the illegal rendition of Zimbabweans accused of murder in their country.
However, McBride is of the opinion that he cannot do his job independently if Nhleko is allowed to suspend him without consulting other members of the Cabinet.
In December, the High Court in Pretoria ruled that the laws that had allowed Nhleko to suspend McBride unilaterally were unconstitutional. As a result the court suspended its order pending the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the matter.
McBride was suspended in March 2015, as part of the fallout in the investigation into the illegal deportation of five Zimbabweans wanted for the murder of a policeman in Bulawayo in that country.


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