'Pikoli removed to protect SA, not Selebi': Mbeki

09 February 2016 - 02:23

By Olebogeng Molatlhwa

Former president Thabo Mbeki claims he suspended public prosecutions head Vusi Pikoli to protect the country, not embattled national police commissioner Jackie Selebi. Mbeki suspended Pikoli in 2007 when he insisted on executing a warrant authorising search-and-seizure operations at police headquarters and at the home of Selebi.

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