The Hawks are dealing with 22,477 cases with more than 500,000 charges.
Issues identified in the organisation which adversely affected the functioning of the Hawks and the attrition of skilled personnel were:transfer of personnel to other divisions within the SAPS;poor and unfair allocation of human and physical resources; andThe number of “birds” increased from 2,535 in 2018 to 2,672 in 2019.
Lebeya said 85% of senior manager and personnel posts had been filled and by the end of the year the team should be at full strength. Between 2018/2019 and 2021/2022, the Hawks arrested 12,157 suspects who were brought before the courts during this time. In the same period, 4,447 convictions were secured across the country.
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