By Akani Nkuna
Police Portfolio Committee chairperson Ian Cameron has lashed out at the SAPS following the appointment of Major-General Patrick Mbotho as Divisional Commissioner within the Hawks while a cloud of corruption hangs above his head.
“From the committee’s side, we really want his appointment to be reviewed. I think it is not only an embarrassment to SAPS and to the Hawks. It is an embarrassment to us as a committee,” Cameron said during a committee meeting.
Mbotho allegedly has criminal links to the underworld. He is also accused of sharing inappropriate and explicit material on a detectives’ WhatsApp group while he was head of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit.
The committee found his appointment appalling and questioned his integrity.
“Someone that sends pornography on a group in the SAPS as a commander of the FCS Unit, and within a year of that [incident] is promoted to the Major-General of the Hawks has doubtful integrity,” said Cameron said on Wednesday.
Lieutenant-General Dr Godfrey Lebeya, who is the head of the Directorate for Priority
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