{"id":244255,"date":"2022-11-29T14:28:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T12:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/hawks-announces-new-senior-appointments\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T12:28:50","slug":"hawks-announces-new-senior-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/hawks-announces-new-senior-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks announces new senior appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202211\/lebeya3.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>National Hawks head, Lt General Godfrey Lebeya, has announced a raft of appointments in an effort to bolster the directorate\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Among the new recruits is new Deputy National Head, Lieutenant General Siphesihle Nkosi. He was appointed on 1 November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media on Tuesday, Lebeya said Nkosi is among the seven senior managers appointed since September.<\/p>\n<p>During this period, 244 members \u2013 ranging from junior level to middle management \u2013 were appointed.<\/p>\n<p>He said the appointments were part of the continuous quest to fully capacitate the directorate.<\/p>\n<p>On Nkosi, he said the General had an immense experience in fraud and commercial crime investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to several certificates behind his name, he holds a National Diploma in Police Administration, two honours degrees Bachelor of Technology in Policing, and a Bachelor of Laws. He is currently studying towards a Master\u2019s degree in Philosophy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Preceding Nkosi\u2019s appointment were the appointments of the Component Head, Executive Support Services (ESS), Major General J Surajbali. Brigadier BT Davenport and Brigadier PL Bergh were promoted to Provincial Commanders for Priority Crime Specialised Investigation (PCSI) in Mpumalanga and Western Cape, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>During the same period, the Hawks appointed Brigadier VS Hastings as Provincial Commander, Corporate Support Services. Brigadier ML Kgalapa was employed as Section Head, Financial Investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier SC Mojela was appointed as Provincial Commander, Serious Organised Crime Investigation (SOCI) Northern Cape, while Brigadier M Monyela was assigned Section Head for Human Resource Management Development.<\/p>\n<p>Lebeya said a further five senior managers would be appointed by 1 December and another three by 1 January 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould additional 10 designate appointees successfully negotiate their Top Secret Security Clearance certificates, we will announce their appointments immediately,\u201d he said. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Hawks head, Lt General Godfrey Lebeya, has announced a raft of appointments in an effort to bolster the directorate\u2019s capabilities. Among the new recruits is new Deputy National Head, Lieutenant General Siphesihle Nkosi. He was appointed on 1 November 2022. Addressing the media on Tuesday, Lebeya said Nkosi is among the seven senior managers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-244255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hawks-announces-new-senior-appointments.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}