#FirstThingsFirst New Hawks appointee Patrick Mbotho fit to serve?

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The DA urgently called on the Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, to set aside the appointment of Major-General Patrick Mbotho to Divisional Commissioner in the Hawks, given the serious allegations against him. They said that his appointment is nothing less than an insult to our nation's commitment to building a professional, competent and clean law enforcement community. The Hawks rebutted by submitting that they conducted assessments on all shortlisted candidates and Mbotho came out tops. The team discussed this and asked, "do you feel there is something we should be worried about and looking at, or should we trust the hawks have done their due diligence?
25 Sep 2024 1AM English South Africa Entertainment News

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