SA Coat of Arms 4.jpg Media Statement, 7 December 2015 Board of Inquiry into the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service The Board of Inquiry established by President Jacob Zuma to look into the allegations of misconduct by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, and/or her capacity to execute official duties efficiently, has become operational. The board of inquiry is looking into whether: . the National Commissioner acting together with other leadership of the South African Police Service or alone, misled the Commission by concealing that it had made the decision to implement a "tactical option", taken at the National Management Forum (NMF) meeting on or about 15 August 2012; . the National Commissioner, in taking the decision to implement the "tactical option" ought reasonably to have foreseen the tragic and catastrophic consequences which ensued; . the remarks by the National Commissioner at the SAPS parade on 17 August 2012 would have been understood to be an unqualified endorsement of the police action and thereby having the consequence of undermining, frustrating or otherwise impeding the work of the Commission; . the report prepared by the National Commissioner for the President of the Republic on the 16 August 2012 and the media statement subsequently issued on 17 August 2012, was deliberately amended to conceal the fact that there were two shooting incidents (Scene 1 and Scene 2), resulting in misleading the public that all the deaths had occurred at Scene 1 which arose out of members of SAPS having to defend themselves from an advancing mass; . the overall testimony by the National Commissioner at the Commission was in keeping with the office which she holds and the discharge of her duties commensurate therewith. The members of the Board of Inquiry are the following: . Judge Neels Claasen, Chairperson . Adv BS Khuzwayo, member . Adv AR Rawjee, Member The Board has appointed Adv. Liza Tsatsi as Secretary. Further inquiries with regards to the functioning of the Board should be channelled to the Board directly. Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria Enquiries: Bongani Majola on 082 339 1993 or [email protected] www.thepresidency.gov.za <http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/> -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
