In May 2021, Jeremy Vearey, who headed the Western Cape’s detectives, was controversially fired from the police service. Later that year, a bargaining council hearing deemed his dismissal fair. Now, the labour court in Cape Town has found that the hearing was not fair.This is because of a judgment delivered in the labour court in Cape Town on Tuesday, 20 February.
The judgment added that “this needs to be determined anew” before the Safety and Security Bargaining Council. Sitole had faced accusations that he failed to cooperate with an Independent Police Investigative Directorate probe relating to policeman CharlGame on: Ipid lays second criminal charge against National Police Commissioner Sitole
Safety and Security Bargaining Council arbitrator Imthiaz Sirkhot found: “The trust relationship between and has broken down irretrievably. It said the bargaining council arbitrator dealt with responses to Vearey’s posts “to press home the theme of incitement to unlawful conduct”.