Dylan Bettencourt
Kungakapheli unyaka eqokwe njengenhloko yegatsha langaphandle, uRobert McBride umisiwe yi-State Security Agency (i-SSA).
UMcBride waqashwa ngowezi-2020 ukuletha uzinzo nobuholi kule nhlangano.
I-SSA ayizange inikeze eminye imininingwane yokuthi kungani uMcBride emisiwe, kodwa imibiko iphakamisa ukuthi ukumiswa kwakhe kungenzeka kungenxa yokuhluleka kwe-Mozambique ukusebenza.
UMava Scott, okhulumela i-SSA ukuqinisekisile ukumiswa ngoLwesine: “Yebo singaqinisekisa ukuthi uMnu uMcBride umisiwe kodwa abekho esimweni sokuxoxa ngeminye imininingwane ngokuhambisana nezimfihlo phakathi kobudlelwano bomqashi nabasebenzi,” njengoba kubika i-TimesLIVE.
Imibiko ikhombisa ukuthi uMcBride, owayeyinhloko ye-Independent Police Investigative Directorate (i-Ipid), wayebandakanyeka nabanye abathathu emkhankasweni wokwehluleka ngesonto eledlule.
I-City Press ibike ukuthi izinhloli ezine zaseNingizimu Afrika “zibanjiwe zashiywa dengwane izinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye e-Maputo e-Mozambique kulandela umkhankaso we-State Security Agency ongaphumelelanga okhombe abavukeli e-Cabo Delgado.”
Lo mkhankaso wagunyazwa nguMcBride, okuthe ngokombiko we-News24, wamangaza uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa kanye noNgqongqoshe wezokuPhepha koMbuso u-Ayanda Dlodlo.
Lokhu kumiswa akusikho okokuqala uMcBride ehlushwa impikiswano ngesikhathi somsebenzi wakhe.
Ngowezi-2015, owayenguNgqongqoshe wezamaPhoyisa uNathi Nhleko wamiswa esikhundleni sakhe e-Ipid okwaholela empini yomthetho eyaba khona phakathi kwalaba bobabili. UMcBride waqhamuka enqobile ekumeni ngokomthetho futhi wakwazi ukubuyela endimeni yakhe.
Ngowe-1998 uMcBride waboshwa e-Mozambique ngezinsolo zokubandakanyeka ekuthengiseni izikhali. Uthe bekungumsebenzi we-undercover.
Ngesikhathi somzabalazo uMcBride wayeyisosha loMkhonto We Sizwe owaduma ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ekilabhini yasebusuku i-Magoo eThekwini okwabulala abantu abathathu. Wagwetshwa isigwebo sentambo wachitha iminyaka emine ejele e-Pretoria Central Prison ngaphambi kokuthola ushwele.
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