The court also set aside Police Minister Nathi Nhleko's decision to suspend Robert McBride from his position at the head of IPID.

However, he was placed on precautionary suspension in March 2015 in connection with a controversial IPID investigation into the alleged unlawful rendition of four Zimbabweans by senior members of the Hawks.

McBride approached the High Court of South Africa with a challenge to the constitutionality of the provisions that had been used to institute the suspension and disciplinary inquiry.

[3][4] The Constitutional Court also rejected Minister Nhleko's bid, argued by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi,[2] to preserve his decisions in respect of McBride's own employment.

However, because both parties were amenable, the court suspended the order setting aside the Minister's decision; he was given 30 days to arrange for the disciplinary process to restart with the necessary parliamentary oversight.