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CAPE TOWN

Western Cape top cop wants to rebuild trust in police

Newly appointed provincial commissioner Yolisa Matakata says she will urgently deal with the skewed distribution of policing resources in the province

  • Lester Kiewit
5 min read
Hawks head General Godfrey Lebeya. (Sunday Times)
BERNING NTLEMEZA

Godfrey Lebeya appointed as new Hawks boss

Lebeya will be taking over from Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata, who was acting Hawks head

  • Jan Gerber
1 min read
In an interview with the SABC on Monday evening
BERNING NTLEMEZA

Hawks will have a new head by June ― Cele

​The Hawks will have a new head by the start of June, Police Minister Bheki Cele told the Portfolio Committee on Police on Tuesday

  • Jan Gerber
3 min read
The Western Cape’s new top cop
ESTINA FARM

Estina arrests not due to change in political winds – Hawks head

For the third week running,General Yolisa Matakata was quizzed about the Gupta-related scam in Parliament when she appeared before Scopa

  • Jan Gerber
3 min read
Abrahams’ very appointment was the result of the President’s abuse of power — Wim Trengove SC
ESTINA FARM

Abrahams accused of putting Estina case “on ice”

Parliament is challenging Shaun Abrahams and his team to explain why the investigation into the Estina farm was not expedited

  • Gemma Ritchie
4 min read
Fixed line: Transnet has confined a R800-million IT tender to a single company.
HAWKS

Hawks probing four criminal corruption cases at Transnet

Acting Hawks head Yolisa Matakata told parliamentary watchdog Scopa it is investigating matters related to “state capture” at Transnet.

  • Jan Cronje
3 min read