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Vearey vows to fight alongside Jacobs âtill last drop of bloodâ ahead of Labour Court hearing
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Cape Town â ââWhatever our skirmish in the Labour Court brings today, we remain bound in blood and fighting spirit. Till the last drop of blood.ââ
This was posted on Facebook on Wednesday by Western Cape deputy police commissioner Major-General Jeremy Vearey, who had acted as a staff representative of his close ally, former Crime Intelligence boss Peter Jacobs, at a disciplinary hearing last week. The disciplinary process had been halted by an urgent Labour Court application to be heard today.
A looming inquiry into police commissioner Khehla Sitole's fitness to hold office will draw into sharp focus a secret meeting he attended in 2017, just 21 days into his term.
“There has been a very sad incident just a few minutes ago, where I am,” National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board chairperson, Ernest Khosa announced to members of a Parliamentary portfolio committee during a virtual briefing by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and NSFAS, on Wednesday morning.
Khosa said he was located “a few metres from Wits University” when he joined the virtual meeting and could hear the disruptive “noise” of protesters outside his building.
“I hope that what is happening outside, shows in so many ways the significance of the presentation that [NSFAS is] making today,” said Khosa.