A short biography of Robert McBride, the man who’s going to "watch" the police :
Born 6 July 1963
Place of birth - Addington Hospital
Hometown - Wentworth, Durban.
Schools - Fairvale High School
Interesting facts - Knows martial arts
Early influences - A. J. Venter’s Coloured and Soledad Brothers : The Prison, Letters of George Jackson
Military background - member of Umkhonto We Sizwe
* 1986 Bombed a restaurant in Durban killing 3 women & injuring 69 people
* 1990 Convicted for the Durban bombing and placed on death row for murder
* 1992 granted amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Durban bombing
* Portugal refused to accept him as a South African ambassador;
* 1998 was in a Mozambique jail for seven months for gun-running
* 1999 Charged with assaulting an employee of an escort agency in the company of underworld figure Cyril Beeka
* 2003 appointed Chief of the Metropolitan (Metro) Police of Ekurhuleni Municipality (formerly East Rand)
* 2006 was involved in a drinking and driving incident after a Christmas party in Centurion. McBride was charged with drunken driving, fraud and
defeating the ends of justice following the car accident.
* 2007 Fired as the Ekurhuleni metro police chief
* 2011 found guilty and sentenced to a five-year prison term for drunken driving & defeating the ends of justice
* 2013 Verdict and sentence for drunken driving overturned on appeal.
* 2013 - Nominated as executive director of police watchdog body, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
The Portuguese knew more than our own illustrious leaders. Or cared more.
Hoo, boy! We are in serious trouble!!
