WESTERN CAPE. – Questions are being raised about the promotion and appointment of a police officer who is allegedly facing criminal charges while on bail.
Ian Cameron, chairperson of parliament's police portfolio committee, says the police officer has been promoted from lieutenant-colonel to colonel and appointed from acting station commander to permanent station commander. According to Cameron, the officer is on bail and is facing criminal charges. Cameron wants to know who approved the promotion and appointment, whether the pending case was considered during the process and what integrity checks were conducted.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.