Johannesburg - Major-General Shadrack Sibiya tapped his foot anxiously in the empty corridors of the Labour Court for more than an hour before he was relieved by the news that he was not going to be suspended when he got to work on Monday.
After an urgent application to the Labour Court and a meeting in the chambers of Judge David Gush on Sunday, the Gauteng Hawks boss beat the notice of suspension that was served on him last Monday.
His urgent application was to have the court rule that his suspension was illegal because the necessary processes had not been followed.
His lawyer, Victor Nkhwashu, said: “The minister of police and the national commissioner have agreed to give an undertaking that they will not suspend my client tomorrow (Monday) morning.”
The Hawks had given Sibiya a week to give reasons why he should not be suspended.
Nkhwashu said the Hawks had failed to respond to a request for further details on the allegations they wanted to suspend him on.
Sibiya and Colonel Leslie Maluleke were served with notices of suspension for their alleged involvement in facilitating the illegal rendition of Zimbabweans in November 2010.
The Star