Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride has revealed he gave up the fight on corruption because he received death threats.

He said he uncovered corruption in the Ekurhuleni metro police garage which led to the controversial Meyersdal land deal.

He discovered high-ranking officials benefited from the deal.

This investigation apparently made him appear as if he had scores to settle with his former colleagues, becoming a target for assassination.

McBride said he feared for his family and was doing all he could to protect them.

"I have been under surveillance on a number of occasions; threats are made to my phone quite regularly, so yes, I did fear that there possibly could be physical harm so I took the necessary precautions," he said.

Fears of assassintaion

Eyewitness News can reveal crime intelligence officials are investigating McBride's 2006 car accident as a possible assassination attempt. (Read a statement from the case about his car brake discs as well as from a witnesses to the accident)

The accident led him to being charged with drunk driving and defeating the ends of justice.

McBride believes the formulation of government's anti-crime unit, aimed at investigating corruption at all government levels, would go a long way in taking tough action against corrupt officials.

"To try and kill me, it is too late now. The government has shown its intention to cut to the bone and it will remove the cancer of corruption out of the system and for that I am happy. Whether they kill me today or tomorrow, it is still going to go on. I think they are too late now," McBride said.

Fake medical certificate denied

He told Eyewitness News he did not bribe a doctor to obtain a fake medical certificate after he was accused of trying to cover up being allegedly drunk on the night of his near fatal crash.

The doctor who issued the letter has since been charged with fraud and defeating the ends of justice and is currently on trial.

The certificate states McBride suffered from hypoglycemia.

McBride said he did not know where the doctor's note came from.

"At the risk of pre-empting the outcome of a legal process, I can state categorically that there wasn't any medical certificate that was faked as they put it," he said.

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