Deliwe de Lange, Gauteng’s corruption-busting police commissioner, asked to leave early
‘It is sad to leave knowing that I didn’t get to finish the job. I believe that I had a lot still to contribute’
Gauteng provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Deliwe de Lange has been asked to leave her post. De Lange confirmed in an interview that national police management had approached her to leave. Her last day‚ she says‚ is June 29. A career police officer‚ known as a corruption buster and someone who takes no nonsense‚ De Lange‚ who joined the police in 1983‚ said it was a "sad day". "I had so much still left to do. There is a lot that one can do in two years‚ which is the time I still had left in my post. I still wanted to do a lot‚ but the national office approached me and asked me to leave." De Lange declined to say why she had been asked to leave. "I agreed with police management and they will now look for someone else to occupy the post." De Lange‚ who addressed her staff on Wednesday about her departure‚ took over from the former acting provincial police commissioner‚ Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba‚ in 2016. Mothiba was appointed after former Gauteng provincial police commissioner Mzwandi...
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