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…
While various crimes saw an increase in the first quarter of the 2021/22 financial year, police minister Bheki Cele said comparing the most recently released statistics with those from the same period last year would be misleading. “The…
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.…
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…
STAFF REPORTER About 7,500 people have been arrested for not wearing a mask and over 800 for liquor-related infringements since lockdown level 3 began 16 days ago. The police ministry announced on Wednesday morning that over 20,000 people…
LINDA ENSOR More than 270,000 people were arrested for contravening the lockdown regulations in the past three months, police minister Bheki Cele revealed in parliament. Of the 276,607 arrested from the declaration of the national state…
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…
Ban on cigarettes and liquor costs state billions in lost taxes Bootlegging has hit the suburbs as South Africans turn to technology, WhatsApp groups and bartering to keep themselves supplied with their favourite tipple while liquor…
Murder, rape, assault, hijackings and robbery cases have dropped significantly during the nationwide lockdown, police minister Bheki Cele said on Sunday. This was partly because of the prohibition of the sale of liquor during the 21-day…
On Wednesday, police minister Bheki Cele explained how police would enforce the national 21-day lockdown. Among other things, he said no alcohol would be allowed for the three-week period, people would not be allowed to leave home without…
A total of 21,022 people were murdered in South Africa between April 1 2018 and March 31 this year, while 52,420 were victims of sexual offences. This is an increase of 1.4% and 4.6% respectively. Shockingly, there were 736 murders…
The closure of major taxi routes where ongoing conflict has claimed more than 60 lives in the Eastern Cape will hurt taxi owners’ finances and affect commuters over the Easter weekend. (*** NOTE: Changes top of story‚ adds comment from…
