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Security expert backs IPID findings on Phala Phala farm saga [SOUND]

# Security expert Willem Els says the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s recommendation for disciplinary action against Presidential Protection Unit head Major General Wally Rhoode is justified and serious. IPID has declassified president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Limpopo Phala Phala farm theft report of approximately ten-million-rand in 2020. Els emphasised that Rhoode should uphold strict procedures however overstepped his authority by conducting an unauthorised investigation, which undermines accountability and proper policing standards:

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