When Lieutenant-General Kgomotso Phahlane was appointed acting National Commissioner of SAPS in October 2015 after the suspension of Riah Phiyega he was the scarce career policeman to hold the key position. Many who fill previously dealt with Phahlane in a professional capacity expressed admiration for the leadership and vision he brought to the troubled SAPS. However,revelations of death threats, an attempt to interfere with key witnesses, or Phahlane’s strange habit of paying personal building contractors from black bags full of cash as well as his penchant (a tendency, partiality, or preference) for a fleet of expensive cars,revealed in an IPID affidavit filed last week, paints a disturbing picture of a good man allegedly gone rancid. By MARIANNE THAMM.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za