Yolisa Matakata to head up Western Cape police
Former acting Hawks head Yolisa Matakata has been named as the new police commissioner in the Western Cape.
She takes over from acting provincial commissioner Sindile Mfazi.
Police Minister Bheki Cele made the announcement in Pretoria on Thursday.
He also announced Moeketsi Sempe as the new commissioner for visible policing, with Baile Motswanyane heading up the police in the Free State and Sello Kwena in North West.
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The Western Cape has been without a permanent police commissioner since Khombinkosi Jula was transferred to KwaZulu-Natal in.
In 2017, Matakata temporarily replaced Berning Ntlemeza as head of the Hawks after a high court ruling that he had lied under oath and lacked integrity.
She was replaced by Godfrey Lebeya a year late in May 2018.
Cele says Matakata will bring stability to the Western Cape police force.
"She's not a person that we throwing in the dogs. She will stabilise the thing. She will have the support of everyone.”