Johannesburg - Major-General Shadrack Sibiya won’t go quietly. The Gauteng Hawks chief will be questioning his notice of suspension by the Hawks on Wednesday when he returns to the Labour Court, and all he is asking for are details.
His lawyer, Victor Nkhwashu, said: “He hopes to be supplied with the particulars we’ve asked for so that he can respond to the notice of suspension. We’re not saying he shouldn’t be suspended, we’re just saying processes must be followed for the suspension to be fair.
“He has undertaken to co-operate, so he needs to have the particulars so that he can comply. It will be a miscarriage of justice if he doesn’t get them.”
Nkhwashu, who secured a Labour Court interdict against the suspension for Sibiya on Sunday, said the Hawks had not given enough information when they served Sibiya with a notice of suspension while he was on leave last week.
“We need particulars emanating from the letter they served on January 5, giving him a notice of suspension. That letter doesn’t give enough details,” he said.
“It simply says it’s involving the illegal rendition of Zimbabweans in 2010 and 2011 and does not specify details, like where it happened and who was involved. It doesn’t give dates and venues.
“If they could give him those particulars, he can go back, look at his diary and see what he was doing on that day. He could give an alibi. All those details must be made available.”
Sibiya had also included a letter from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate in his application that has, until now, only been reported as hearsay.
“In our application, we have placed a letter from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate saying that they’ve done an investigation and found him free of any wrongdoing,” said Nkhwashu.
While the court action continues, Sibiya returned to work on Monday.
“It was a relief for him to be back at work and a relief for his staff who were worried about him,” said Nkhwashu, who added that the major-general wasn’t happy about the suspension of Hawks head Lieutenant-General Anwa Dramat.
“That is his boss and they have a good working relationship. So it’s basically not a good thing for the organisation,” he said.
The Star