Cele told me which buildings to lease, says deputy  Sally Evans
On day one of the inquiry, former deputy police commissioner
Hamilton Hlela told the board Bheki Cele "identified the
buildings" he wanted leased.   “I initiated meetings on General
Cele’s approval,” Lieutenat-General Hamilton Hlela, a former
police procurement head and deputy national police commissioner,
said in Pretoria.   Hlela, who resigned in August 2010, admitted
to attending a meeting with public works officials in May that
year to motivate a different strategy of procurement—a
negotiated tender process.  Cele sat solemnly while his defence
cross-examined the state’s first witness.  Cele was suspended by
President Jacob Zuma in October last year, after public
protector Thuli Madonsela found that the flamboyant police
commissioner had acted unlawfully during the procurement of the
two leases, valued at R1.6-billion.  The board of inquiry
consists of chairperson Judge Jake Moloi, advocate Terry Motau
SC and advocate Anthea Platt.  Leading