Major-General Berning Ntlemeza has been preaching the gospel of community involvement to improve policing and halt police killings‚ but the embattled Hawks head has steered clear of talking about his own troubles. On Sunday Ntlemeza made his first public appearance since the High Court in Pretoria declared his appointment as head of the hawks invalid, at the Incredible Happenings Church in Katlehong‚ where he urged communities to continue praying for the police. Ntlemeza thanked Prophet Paseka Motsoeneng‚ better known as Pastor Mboro‚ for his work in making communities safer. "The killing of police is going to stop... because I can see churches in South Africa are praying for the police‚ and they must keep it up‚" Ntlemeza said.

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