DA Western Cape demands merit-based appointment for Cape Winelands police commissioner [SOUND]

# The DA in the Western Cape has written to provincial police commissioner Thembisile Patekile, over the appointment of Miriam Mochologi as the new Cape Winelands District police commissioner. The party is requesting clarity on how such a critical position was filled without transparency or due regard for merit. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says in 2023, she was appointed as the Overberg District police commissioner and is now being moved to the Cape Winelands one of the province’s most complex districts to police: