LACKING EXPERTISE
It will take time to resuscitate Hawks, says Shadrack Sibiya
The elite organised crime-fighting unit now lacks the expertise to deal with some cases, warns the former Gauteng Hawks head
It will take a long time for the Hawks to be resuscitated, the former Gauteng head of the elite organised crime-fighting unit, Gen Shadrack Sibiya, said. Sibiya and his boss, Anwa Dramat, together with top cop Lesley Maluleke, were charged with the illegal rendition of Zimbabwean prisoners, some of whom eventually died. The National Prosecuting Authority on Monday provisionally withdrew charges against Sibiya and Dramat, following representations made by the two. Maluleke’s charges, however, still remained. "The Hawks’ crime-fighting machinery was really badly affected to date, and it will take them a very long time to really resuscitate what is going on in the Hawks.
"Even now there are certain cases where there isn’t much expertise to deal with the cases," Sibiya said. He said he was looking forward to clearing his name since the charges were only provisionally withdrawn. He said their careers were unnecessarily affected by a "bogus" case. The furore around the renditions al...
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