PORT ELIZABETH - FIRED PE METRO POLICE CHIEF SHORT LISTED FOR CHIEF DIRECTOR JOB AT IPID

SACKED Nelson Mandela Bay Metro police chief Pinkie Mathabathe has been short-listed for another high-paying job: chief director at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).

The Ipid post fell vacant after Matthews Sesoko was fired less than a month ago.

A disciplinary panel found him guilty of misconduct.

The directorate confirmed Mathabathe was one of those on the short list for the top job.

Similar to Mathabathe’s metro police post, the annual salary for the Ipid job is listed as being more than R1m.

Mathabathe was fired as metro police chief in June and took the municipality to the Labour Court.

Acting city manager Johann Mettler said Mathabathe had engaged with both the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and the Labour Court in an appeal process, but her appeal to the Labour Court was dismissed last Friday.

According to details of the Ipid job vacancy, the candidate would undergo security vetting and "his or her character should be beyond reproach". If successful, her duties would include managing investigators, developing investigation policies and overseeing investigation integrity, quality, standards and performance.

Mathabathe is no stranger to the spotlight.

She was recruited as Nelson Mandela Bay’s metro police chief in 2014 after a stint at Tshwane metro police, where she was a deputy police chief.

From February 2016, though, Mathabathe was booked off on sick leave, which was later changed to "special leave".

In June, she was fired after a disciplinary process.

The municipality booted her out for underperformance and failure to declare a second income.

The second income related to more than R380,000 in earnings that Mathabathe received as a non
executive director of the Road Traffic Management Corporation, which falls under the Department of Transport.

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