Hawks head Lebeya denies wasteful spending on R50K bespoke graduation gown

JOHANNESBURG - Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya has defended the crime-fighting agency’s decision to splurge over R50,000 on a bespoke graduation gown.that the agency had spared no expense to buy Lebeya the lavish robe he has been seen wearing at media briefings.Lebeya gave a wrap of the agency's financial year on Friday in Pretoria where he said the gown was part of a branding exercise.

"If you look behind, you will see the corporate attire but no one has asked how much it costs to get that type of image.""People should be understanding in that fashion. Anyone who can give me a cheaper quote on the newspaper or TV, we will consider so that members of the public may know the existence of the Hawks."Meanwhile, Lebeya also confirmed they could still zero in on another suspect in the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala game farm in Limpopo.

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