By Akani Nkuna
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has been instructed to look into a number of allegations against Hawks divisional commissioner Major-General Patrick Mbotho.
This follows the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration acceding to a request from the Portfolio Committee on Police to refer the allegations against Mbotho to the PSC for an urgent and in-depth investigation.
Mbotho is facing serious allegations, including ties to organised crime and sharing explicit content with colleagues on a detectives’ WhatsApp group while he headed up the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit.
“The decision to refer the matter to the PSC signals the strong intention and commitment of both committees to ensure that the leadership of all state organs are above reproach, and have at the centre the need for effective and efficient public service,” public service committee chairperson Jan de Villiers said in a
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