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News24 reports that on Tuesday, Hawks boss Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya revealed that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), as the crime-fighting unit is officially known, is operating at only 52% capacity, although it was working towards filling around 1,500 posts as soon as possible.
Lebeya also announced in a briefing that 244 officials – ranging from junior to middle management – were recently appointed to fill the vacancies. In addition, several senior posts have been filled, including that of Lebeya's deputy. Lieutenant-General Siphesihle Nkosi started in the deputy post on 1 November. Lebeya advised that there were another 290 posts currently sitting before panels. The issues of capacity had an effect on the finalisation of investigations due to the higher workload that each official had to shoulder as a result of the shortages, he indicated. Lebeya did not appear concerned over budgets for the new positions, explaining that there were sufficient funds for the posts currently being filled, and that they would engage with the relevant authorities once the budget had been exhausted. He also used Tuesday's briefing to outline recent successes by the Hawks in the second quarter of the financial year.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alex Mitchley at News24
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