News24 reports that the former Gauteng head of the Hawks, Major-General Prince Mokotedi, has been found guilty of serious misconduct for ignoring a directive to put a subordinate through a disciplinary hearing.
On Wednesday, Mokotedi was found guilty of two misconduct charges at a disciplinary hearing, which had started in 2020, for his inaction in holding Colonel Woolganathan "Biggs" Govender accountable for a string of charges, including extortion and kidnapping. In his findings, the disciplinary chairperson, Advocate Sumayya Tilly, found that Mokotedi had failed to carry out a lawful order by not complying with a clear and express directive from a senior to ensure that Govender was charged and brought before a departmental disciplinary hearing. "Despite the directive that the allegations against Govender were serious and warranted a disciplinary hearing, Mokotedi proceeded to give Govender a verbal warning for bringing SAPS into disrepute," Tilly noted. Mokotedi was also found guilty of neglecting his duty, or performing his duty in an improper manner, by failing to assess the seriousness of the alleged misconduct by Govender. He was found not guilty of a third charge, relating to allegedly prejudicing the administration, discipline or efficiency of SAPS by not ensuring that Govender was charged departmentally for serious misconduct and brought before a disciplinary hearing. Tilly said the SAPS had not establish that Mokotedi's failure to adhere to the directive prejudiced the police service.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alex Mitchley at News24
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