As President Jacob Zuma’s second police minister, Nkosinathi Nhleko was always going to find himself under intense pressure. From the sheer difficulty of managing the police in a country with high violent crime rates, through having to manage stone-walling around Nkandla, to appearing to do Zuma’s bidding with the Hawks and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, he was never going to sleep easily. But his latest move, to appoint Major-General Mthandazo Berning Ntlemeza as head of the Hawks may well prove to be a step too far. It could also actually start to be the site of struggle within the African National Congress itself. By STEPHEN GROOTES.