News: Dramat has not resigned - police ministry

Johannesburg - Suspended Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has not resigned, an official said on Friday.

"In a letter in December [Dramat]... indicated that he would want a meeting [with Police MinisterNathi Nhleko] and would want to discuss his possible resignation," the minister's spokesperson Musa Zondi said.

"This is not something new. At the moment the minister and [Dramat's] lawyers are still discussing the matter."

It was reported on Friday morning that Dramat had resigned.

On 10 February Zondi said Dramat had been placed on leave following an agreement he reached with Nhleko.

On 6 February Judge Bill Prinsloo in the North Gauteng High Court ruled that his 23 January order allowing Dramat to return to work remained in effect, irrespective of any other appeal that may be brought.

Prinsloo also ruled that Nhleko's decision to appoint Major General Berning Ntlemeza as acting national Hawks head was unlawful and invalid.

Dramat was suspended on 23 December, pending a probe into his alleged involvement in the illegal rendition of four Zimbabweans in November 2010.