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Over 3000 roadblocks conducted across the country: Cele

Police Minister Bheki Cele says since the 15th of October, police have conducted over 3000 roadblocks across the country. Cele gave a media briefing in the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast on the countrywide crime statistics for the festive season thus far. He is in the province as part of the police’s festive season operations. Cele breaks down the number of arrests for major crimes since October 15th: “This includes 560 murder suspects; […]

today24 December 2023

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CPT mayor slams Police minister over ‘shoot to kill’ rhetoric

LOCAL Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has rejected police minister Bheki Cele's order to police members to shoot to kill. Addressing the Western Capes Safer Festive Season campaign this week, Hill-Lewis says Cele’s remarks are an incitement to break the law. He says the Criminal Procedure Act provides very clear guidelines on the appropriate and proportionate use of force by police members: "Minister Cele’s remarks can only be interpreted as […]

today18 November 2022

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Cele concerned about the retirement of experienced police officers

LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has expressed concern about the vast experience in SAPS being lost through senior officers who are retiring. At a recent Police committee meeting of Parliament, Cele told MPs that he signs off nearly 300 retirements every month, leaving him concerned over the experience that is leaving SAPS in short succession. For the past four years, nearly 10 000 officers with more than 30 years of […]

today18 November 2022

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Cele instructs IPID to investigate two police stations following Finetown Imbizo incident

NATIONAL Police Minister, Bheki Cele has instructed police watchdog, Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service to investigate two police stations following an Imbizo in Finetown, Ennerdale. Residents complained about the conduct of the police at Ennerdale and Dedere police stations during a community engagement with the police minister. Cele was joined by the national police commissioner, Fannie Masemola and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Cele […]

today15 November 2022

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National, provincial gov commits to collectively tackle WC crime at MJC interfaith dialogue

VOC National and provincial authorities have echoed the need for inter-departmental collaboration, alongside religious and civil bodies, to tackle crime in the Western Cape. It was among the commitments made at an interfaith dialogue hosted by the MJC SA on Thursday morning. The religious body called on authorities to urgently address the rise in violent crime plaguing the province. Police minister Bheki Cele, Police Commissioner General Sehlahle Masemola, Cape Town […]

today15 September 2022

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Cele determined police department will continue the fight against criminals

LOCAL Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, talking to community at an anti-crime imbizo in West Village, saying communities must stand together in the fight against crime, August 6, 2022. Police Minister Bheki Cele says his department will not allow the country to be turned into a criminals’ den. He was addressing residents of West Village in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, on Saturday. His crime imbizo with the residents of the […]

today7 August 2022

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Krugersdorp rape suspects back in court

LOCAL The case against 81 suspects who were arrested in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg over the weekend, has been postponed to Wednesday. The suspects appeared in the Krugersdorp Magistrates Court on Monday. They were arrested following the gang rape of eight women who were part of a production crew shooting a music video. At this stage, none of the suspects have yet been linked to the rapes. Many of them were nabbed on allegations […]

today2 August 2022

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Psycho-social support to be provided for Krugersdorp rape victims: Minister

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says her department is working closely with the police to gather details of the eight Krugersdorp rape victims and psycho-social support for the victims as well as their families will be arranged. The young women were part of a production crew shooting a music video. They were working on site when the attack took place on Thursday near the mine dump west of Johannesburg. The gun wielding […]

today1 August 2022

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“He basically just lost it,” says Action Society’s Ian Cameron on Bheki Cele

By: Aneeqa du Plessis Director at civil rights organization Action Society, Ian Cameron said he will take legal action against National Police minister Bheki Cele after he was manhandled and removed from a community meeting discussing policing issues with residents from Gugulethu and Nyanga. According to Cameron, the minister is playing dirty politics, politicizing crime and is diverting from the real issues communities are facing in the Western Cape. “You […]

today6 July 2022

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