Phiyega defiant to step down:Wednesday 29 July 2015. National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, says the only person who can order her to quit her position is the President(SABC) National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, remains defiant and says she is not going to leave the South African Police Service (SAPS) anytime soon as suggested by her critics.
Phiyega says as far as she is concerned, the two-plus years she has already spent sharing her management and administration skills with the broader police base is starting to bear fruit. She has until Friday to write to President Jacob Zuma and explain her fitness for office, in line with a Marikana Commission recommendation. Speaking at a police graduation ceremony, she's emphasised that the only person who can order her to quit her position is the President. She says stepping down is not her decision to make. Meanwhile, Phiyega has commended the over 200 000 police officers countrywide for their commitment and dedication to serve and protect citizens. Phiyega slams Farlam Commission:Tuesday 28 July 2015. The Farlam Commission recommended that Riah Phiyega’s fitness for office should be questioned.
(SABC) Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega has again criticised the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, which blamed her officers for the deaths of 34 miners in the 2012 Marikana shootings. Phiyega says police management did not have murderous intentions on the day of the shootings. President Jacob Zuma is under pressure to fire Phiyega following the findings of the inquiry. She has until Friday to inform him why she should keep her job. Police spokesperson Solomon Makgale says, "The intention of that statement is to say, if the commission had thought that the management went to work with murderous intent, then the commission would have recommended that they be charged with murder.
" He adds: "There is nothing in the report that says they went to work with the intention to go and kill people, but in the conversations that we have heard in the media, people are saying that management went and killed people. " Phiyega disagrees with Marikana report findings :Monday 27 July 2015. National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega.
(SABC) National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega strongly disagrees with some of the findings of the Marikana report. Phiyega has released a detailed statement in reaction to the findings and recommendations of the report. She says the insinuation that police management went to work on August 16, 2012 with murderous intent has no substance. Phiyega's statement comes ahead of an inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Phiyega largest victim in Marikana report: Mpofu:Friday 26 June 2015. The Marikana report said Riah Phiyega should face an inquiry into her fitness to hold office(SABC) National police commissioner Riah Phiyega seemed to be the biggest loser in the report on the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, the miners' lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu, said on Thursday evening.
Mpofu, who represented the injured and arrested mineworkers at the Marikana inquiry, was responding to the release of the report by President Jacob Zuma on SABC. Mpofu said the legal team intended on reading the full 600-page report. "[It] probably covers certain highlights of what the President wanted to take out [of the report]," Mpofu said during an interview with the public broadcaster following the President's address. "I think it would be prudent for us to read the 600-page report. The Marikana Commission, chaired by retired Judge Ian Farlam, handed the final report to Zuma on March 31.
Reflecting on what Zuma said, Mpofu said Phiyega was the "largest victim. " Phiyega back at Marikana Inquiry:Wednesday 10 September 2014. Marikana Commission recalls Phiyega:Tuesday 9 September 2014. National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega.
(SABC) Police commissioner, Riah Phiyega, will be recalled to give evidence at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry in Centurion on Wednesday. Phiyega testified last year about her role during the violent strike by Lonmin miners at Marikana which led to the August 2012 shootings. Phiyega will be asked to clarify certain issues regarding police handling of the unrest. The commission has less than a month before it has to wrap up proceedings. Meanwhile, Evidence leaders at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry say Lonmin acted recklessly by not protecting non-striking mineworkers. Jamieson was the marketing director of Lonmin at the time. Non-striking mineworkers, Julius Langa and Eric Mabebe were killed by their colleagues during the violent strike by thousands of mineworkers in August 2012.