Clawing back our future

It has been two months since I joined the men and women in blue. OK, maybe I should say they have paid me twice already. I love it.
If a few months ago you would have suggested that I will have a rank and work for the SAPS, I would have told you to have your head read. Today I wake up and wade through the traffic to Pretoria where I get a chance to do what I love and get paid for it.
I speak for the new unit the Hawks. Off course there are those who hanker for the past and will tell you about how good the Scorpions were. They certainly gave a good account of themselves and arrested a lot of people through the media.
This is exactly where the Hawks will differ. Our duty is to make sure that culprits are brought to book. Not through the media if we can help it but through thorough and effective detective work without jeopardising anything.
But you are always judged in relation to this old unit. We hope very soon South Africans can judge us with the results that should start showing soon. There have been a few and more is yet to come.
Meanwhile, some of us will wake up everyday, go out and try to make a difference. That much we owe to our kids.