Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city will not negotiate with the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) over the minibus taxi strike. Police minister Bheki Cele called on the mayor and Cape Town safety and security MMC…
Police minister Bheki Cele on Monday said intimidating threats had been made by then-faceless instigators of the July 2021 unrest which spread after the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. Cele said threats he heard at the time…
Dali Mpofu has slammed police minister Bheki Cele’s claims that EFF leader Julius Malema and national police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole plotted to remove him from his position. During the state of the nation address (Sona) debate in…
Police minister Bheki Cele says evidence rooms are full as goods are being confiscated from looters. On Monday the police recovered thousands of rand worth of items stolen from warehouses and retail stores in Durban during widespread…
Police minister Bheki Cele has arrived in KwaZulu-Natal as the deadline for the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma looms. Cele was mandated by the Constitutional Court to ensure Zuma is taken into custody by the end of Wednesday to…
Police minister‚ Bheki Cele has expressed concern over allegations that the Zandspruit community chose to take the law into their own hands and burn to death suspected criminals in the area because police did not respond to crime calls.…
Police minister Bheki Cele has apologised to victims of crime whose cases have been delayed by backlogs at forensic crime labs. He said the backlog was giving police sleepless nights. “It has been nightmares for everyone relying on the…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and police and transport ministers Bheki Cele and Fikile Mbalula were the three politicians the late minister Jackson Mthembu talked about in some of his last moments before dying from complications related to…
Police minister Bheki Cele has ordered an investigation into the circumstances around Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane not wearing a mask at the funeral of late minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu. Cele said the wearing…
Police minister Bheki Cele says gender-based violence is a societal evil that must be contained at all costs. Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Cele described it as a second pandemic that had reached crisis levels in the…
Police minister Bheki Cele says he is shocked and disgusted by the blatant disregard of lockdown rules by some liquor outlet owners in the name of profit. Cele, who was speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, said he joined a police…
More than 270,000 people were arrested for contravening the lockdown regulations in the past three months, police minister Bheki Cele revealed in parliament. BusinessLIVE reported that of the 276,607 arrested since the declaration of the…
Police minister Bheki Cele has dismissed the City of Cape Town’s law enforcement unit as a rogue structure. On Saturday, Cele visited Bulelani Qholani, the man who was seen in a video being dragged naked by officials during a…
Police minister Bheki Cele says those caught buying or selling cigarettes will be prosecuted and, if found guilty, would have a criminal record. During a parliamentary question and answer session on Tuesday, MPs asked Cele whether it was…
Police minister Bheki Cele has attributed the decrease in crime to the temporary ban of liquor sales and alcohol movement amongst other factors following the Covid-19 nationwide lockdown. Cele said murder cases have dropped from 326 this…
