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professionalism and suspicion of abuse police, two Fridays ago we arrested six He said some headway has been made
of office towards unlawful ends. of our own in the Eastern Cape. Three with the positive appointments of new
months ago, we arrested 17 at a go in head of the Hawks, Godfrey Lebeya, and
“[Have you ever] thought this office the Eastern Cape.” the police’s head of Crime Intelligence
would be investigated by the office of the Division, Anthony Jacobs.
SIU? They are investigated for the abuse Justice and Violence Prevention head at
and stealing of R80 billion. Eight-zero the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), “[The] new law enforcement agency
billion - Office of the Attorney General. Gareth Newham, recently wrote on leaders must urgently replace
I’ve never heard you shout about them the institution’s website that President compromised or unsuitable individuals
being corrupt,” he said. Ramaphosa has to support much- with capable managers, investigators
needed criminal justice system reforms and prosecutors,” he wrote.
The reinvigorated elite police unit, the that could hold the corrupt accountable.
Hawks, Cele said, “must get their wings With the evident untangling of the
and fly”. “An active civil society, an independent complicated web, it is evident that
judiciary and a strong media are also government seems more resolute than
“Strengthening all the police units, all fundamental to improving the criminal ever to get to the belly of the devouring
the courts and becoming really brutal justice system and strengthening the beast. 
and making sure that structures like rule of law,” he wrote.
the IPID are working. But ourselves as

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