NEW: Step aside: 'I am black and proud' says Phiyega

National Commissioner Riah Phiyega found herself in trouble again with the Police Committee in Parliament on Tuesday, when Democratic Alliance MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard revealed an SMS she had been sent by Phiyega last week.

In the SMS, Phiyega tells the MP that: “I am black, proud, capable. Get it clear, you can take nothing from me and eat your heart out. I am not made by you and cannot be undone by you.” Kohler-Barnard read out the number in a meeting with the committee, which rang unanswered. When the Mail & Guardian later called the number, it was answered by a man who said it belonged to Phiyega and said she was unavailable.

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