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South Africa: McBride racks up R10m in legal expenses

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Original Post Date: 2009-05-19 Time: 11:00:02  Posted By: Jan

Official documents in The Star’s possession have revealed the costs to ratepayers of former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride’s legal woes – a staggering R10.02-million.

In a detailed response to a Promotion of Access to Information request by The Star, the Ekurhuleni metropolitan council has broken down the hefty price tag, which includes the costs of McBride’s cases from 2007, into the following:

  • R5.24m for McBride’s defence in his drunk-driving, defeating-the-ends-of-justice and fraud case.
  • R2.08m for the disciplinary action against McBride’s “clean-up” team – Ekurhuleni metro police officers Stanley Sagathevan, Patrick Johnson and Itumeleng Koko, who allegedly helped him with an elaborate cover-up.
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  • R2.19m for the temporary protection order application pursued against McBride by Sagathevan, Johnson and Koko – who are also State witnesses against McBride in his drunk-driving trial.
  • R503 582.07 for McBride’s successful court application to force the State to give him all dockets containing information about Sagathevan and his colleagues’ alleged criminal activities.

    According to minutes from the Ekurhuleni council, McBride is obligated to pay back his legal costs, which are four times the costs of National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s corruption defence – if he loses his drunk-driving case.

    Former Ekurhuleni executive mayor Duma Nkosi claimed last year that McBride’s legal fees had amounted to R578 149.61.

    The Ekurhuleni municipality and South African Police Service are, as yet, the only two departments to respond to The Star’s requests for information on the costs to taxpayers of seven high-profile court battles involving public officials.

    The Star has, through Promotion of Access to Information requests, asked for detailed information on the following:

  • The cost of President Jacob Zuma’s legal battles with the National Prosecuting Authority over the now quashed corruption case against him.
  • Former president Thabo Mbeki’s legal fees in regard to his Constitutional Court bid to challenge Judge Chris Nicholson’s “political meddling” findings against him.

    The Presidency hasn’t responded.

  • Axed prosecuting head Vusi Pikoli’s legal fees for the Ginwala Inquiry into his fitness to hold office, as well as the costs of his legal challenge to then president Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision to dismiss him.

    The deadline by which the Department of Justice had to respond was extended by 30 days.

    lAxed spy boss Billy Masetlha’s various legal bills, including for his applications to have his suspension by Mbeki declared unlawful.

    The National Intelligence Agency refused to grant access to the information requested.

      • Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20090519051716747C385632