Bheki Cele

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Cele wants justice for slain police officer: ‘This killing must anger all of us”

Beauty Marivate, a Mpumalanga police officer, was killed in the line of duty by an armed gang who shot her in December

Bheki Cele

A video of what’s reported to be Minister of Police Bheki Cele’s daughter partying without any underwear is the first of 2022 to go viral. Photo: Alexander/Sunday Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Police Minister Bheki Cele is once again talking tough, particularly against the killing of officers, in the wake of the fatal shooting of a Mpumalanga station commander.

Colonel Beauty Marivate was killed in the line of duty while responding to a supermarket robbery on 30 December 2021. The 55-year-old woman was fatally wounded when an armed gang opened fire on her vehicle when she arrived on the scene. Marivate was a station commander at Elukwatini SAPS and is survived by four children and nine grandchildren.

Cele delivered the eulogy at Marivate’s funeral and described her as a community leader who advocated for social justice.

“This killing must anger all of us as a nation and it is through our collective condemnation of such cruel acts, that communities can know the dangers of harbouring criminals who won’t hesitate to get rid of the very same people that protect and serve them. On the same breath, police must also respond decisively to these callous acts and ensure the death of one of their own is never in vein. Colonel Marivate was a skilled investigator who championed social justice so it’s important that all of those thugs who robbed this community of a leader, are found.”

Police Minister Bheki Cele

BHEKI CELE: ‘WE WILL SIMPLY NOT CO-GOVERN WITH CRIMINALS’

Minister Bheki Cele further used his address at the slain officer’s funeral to urge communities to work together with the police and form stronger relations together.

“We will simply not co-govern with criminals, the President has made it clear that the life of criminals must be made hard and these words have re-energised the SAPS and strengthened our resolve to make life miserable for criminals, however police can’t do this alone, the men and women in blue who each day put their lives on the line to ensure our safety, need you to be their eyes and ears on the ground. It is through such active and consistent community policing partnerships, that criminals can wake up to reality that crime doesn’t pay but will instead land them in jail or in an early grave.”

Police Minister Bheki Cele

Eight suspects have been arrested so far for the murder of Colonel Marivate. The Police Ministry is encouraged that police in the province are following up on strong leads that they believe will lead to more arrests.