JOHANNESBURG - The Hawks are understaffed and running at 51% staff compliment.
The unit has a caseload of more than 18 000 dockets.
Hawks head, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya ends his term at the end of May this year, after a seven-year stint.
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The directorate is in need of enhancing and boosting their turnaround time on cases of national interest.
Lebaya says the current process of filling vacancies is not helping them to fill vacant positions quickly.