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Cele this week addressed Sithole in a letter in which he strongly reprimanded Sitole for his actions.
The leaked letter dated Tuesday 4 May, addressed to Sithole and signed by Cele, was shared on social media.
In the letter, Cele refers to a meeting he had with Sithole at the Pretoria West College on 15 April.
“Despite the fact that I gave clear instructions to you, you still went ahead and announced the appointment of senior managers, in key positions, during a briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Police on 4 May 2021,” Cele wrote.
“As instructed during the meeting held on 15 April 2021, you were supposed to submit a new submission in respect of the appointments we agreed on, for my consideration and concurrence. To date my office has not received the new submission.”
Thus the application by Jacobs, argued Sitole, was not urgent “and any urgency is self-created”.
Sitole said that “proper safeguards are in place in the interim and the day-to-day functioning of the Crime Intelligence Division has not been compromised in any way”.
Jacobs and his fellow officers were on a “precautionary” and not “punitive” suspension, said Sitole, pending the finalisation of an investigation into alleged illegal Covid-19 PPE purchases by the division, using the Secret Service Account.
They also had other remedies at their disposal apart from approaching the high court, added Sitole.
They could turn to the Labour Court, he said, or “assist in the investigation by cooperating with Lieutenant-General [Francinah] Vuma so as to clear their names and assist in the efforts to root out corruption within the SAPS”.