Robert McBride (police officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert McBride (police officer)

South African Umkhonto we Sizwe member and police chief

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1963

Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Profession: politician, partisan, police officer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Robert McBride (born 6 July 1963) is the former chief of the metropolitan police for Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
During the apartheid era he was a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress, and was convicted of terrorism after he bombed a busy night club, in an attack that killed three people. In February 2014 McBride was appointed as Executive Director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.
In March 2015 he was suspended from this position by the Minister of Police.
The decision was set aside by the Constitutional Court of South Africa in September 2016.