The four accused who appeared in courts in Gauteng for allegedly instigating a week of deadly violence “are lower than low hanging fruit”.
“Three weeks ago the Hawks head Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya gave the police portfolio committee a briefing where he listed the Hawks’ shortcomings. One of the things he raised was the unit’s lack of capacity.”
“Ntlemeza hollowed out the Hawks by either directly removing highly capable detectives or driving away experienced officers by making it unbearable to work within the unit.”Stellenbosch University policing and conflict expert, Professor Guy Lamb, said it was clear the police had been caught completely unaware by what had happened.
Lamb said the Hawks had previously focused on more traditional investigations having never had to deal with violent opposition.
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