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Cele, SAPS top brass to visit Joshlin Smith’s family and community

Western Cape South African Police Service (SAPS) has welcomed support from public in the search for missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith. However, the service said the exercise must be properly coordinated and done within the perimeters of the law. This comes as officials intensify search efforts for the little girl who has been missing from her family home in Middelpost for 12 days on Saturday. Joshlin vanished without a trace while […]

2 March 2024

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Growing attacks on CPF members worrying: Cele

Police Minister Bheki Cele says the growing attacks against Community Policing Forum (CPF) members and crime activists are worrying. He was speaking outside the Athlone Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town, where a suspect linked to the murder of Gugulethu CPF Deputy Chairperson, Lulama Dinginto, appeared. Dinginto was shot multiple times in her home in Gugulethu a week ago when suspects allegedly broke in. Cele was leading the annual festive season inspection […]

23 December 2023

Local

CPF’s call for consistency in anti-crime efforts

By Ragheema Mclean Community Policing Forums (CPF) on the Cape Flats have expressed their concern and disappointment over the recent call from the National Police Minister, Bheki Cele, to intensify efforts against criminals. Cele’s call comes amid the hijacking of Transport Minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga, her brother, and two bodyguards earlier this week. Chikunga and her VIP protectors were robbed of firearms and cellphones while changing a tyre that had punctured […]

9 November 2023

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SANTACO WC welcomes Chikunga’s call for COCT to release impounded taxis

Taxi council Santaco in the Western Cape has welcomed Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga's call for the immediate release of impounded minibus taxis in Cape Town. During a media briefing on Tuesday, the minister claimed the City of Cape Town had been impounding taxis under an unlawful by-law. Chikunga said the city had added conditions on minibus operating licences that override established national legislation. The taxi industry claimed that 6,000 vehicles […]

9 August 2023

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Cele says WC magistrate’s killing is ‘an attack on the state’

LOCAL Play Video Cele visits slain magistrate's family after mysterious death Police minister Bheki Cele has visited the family of slain magistrate Romay van Rooyen in Marina Da Gama, Cape Town. The minister said the case had been handed over to the Hawks and that he saw the murder, which remains a mystery, as a direct assault on the state. “It's a serious concern ... As the brother has said, […]

15 September 2022

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Cele admits to shortfall in service delivery ‘due to staff shortages’

LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has admitted that there is a shortfall in service delivery in his department due to staff shortages. Cele was addressing police members during the provincial launch of Operation Phethisa in Bloemfontein. Cele said from 2010 to date there has been a shortage of approximately 20 000 police officials. More than 400 vehicles have been procured to assist with service delivery in various departments of the […]

17 August 2022

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Police minister, WC MEC at ends over police resources

LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has criticised the Western Cape provincial government for its call of wanting to take control of the running of SAPS in the region, saying the province is wasting its time. The province has in recent years been calling for the allocation of SAPS powers to the province. Cele says such devolution of power can only be passed through changes in the constitution. He was addressing […]

19 July 2022

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Cele, Herron say Cape Town law enforcement unit is ‘rogue’

Police minister Bheki Cele has told parliament the City of Cape Town is running an “unconstitutional” law enforcement unit using powers reserved only for the national police service. Cele was responding to a question from GOOD party MP Brett Herron, who said the unit was “a rogue police unit acting parallel to the police service and the Hawks”. “The functions of the municipal police service are traffic policing, [enforcing] municipal […]

3 March 2022

Local

DA calls for Bheki Cele’s resignation

LOCAL The Democratic Alliance (DA) called on the Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele, to resign after his latest comments about the victims of crime in Cape Town. According to the party, Cele tried to blame “potholes” for SAPS’ failure to combat hijackings in Cape Town. The party’s Gordon Hill-Lewis says Cele is also attempting to take away Cape Town’s law enforcement powers through his plan for a Single Police […]

12 October 2021

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