Phiyega sick and tired of inquiry pace
Suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega has expressed frustration with the pace of the board inquiry probing her fitness to hold office, which she said came at a great cost to the taxpayer. The Claassen board of inquiry has missed its August deadline to submit its final report to President Jacob Zuma, blaming the delay on board chairman Neels Claassen's health.The board concluded hearings on June 3. But advocate Liza Tsatsi, the board's secretary, said the board hit a snag when Claassen was booked off sick for six weeks."This affected the whole process. The judge is back and working on the report but doctors have advised him to take it easy," she said.Tsatsi said the board was aware of the urgency of the report, saying Phiyega was also anxious to know her fate.But Phiyega accused it of using the chairman's health as a "blanket excuse". The inquiry stems from the judicial commission of inquiry into the August 16 2012 Marikana massacre. ..
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