It’s not 100% clear why Bheki Cele is in KZN on Wednesday, but he only has a few more hours to arrest Jacob Zuma before the deadline expires.
Bheki Cele has a great hat collection, but it seems he’s also partial to ‘flip-flops’: The minister has now changed course with his treatment of Jacob Zuma.
Tough on alcohol, tough on cigarettes, but on Jacob Zuma, Police Minister Bheki Cele is taking a much more ‘hands-off approach’ to law enforcement.
In a letter to the court the police have said they will not take any action against Former President Jacob Zuma unless directed otherwise.
The stakes have been raised: According to a Constitutional law expert, Bheki Cele ‘will be committing an offence’ if Jacob Zuma isn’t arrested by Wednesday.
All are not equal under the law of the land, it seems. Nearly 300 people were arrested for lockdown offences in the North West last week.
Bheki Cele and Jacob Zuma are set for a dramatic showdown this week – and the top cop is adamant that the former president ‘will be dealt with’.
According to Minister Cele, police had no choice but ‘to take a step back’ while monitoring the tense situation in Nkandla over the weekend.
SAPS members will soon get the jab. The vaccination drive will commence in Soweto on Monday 5 July and guess who’s up first?
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that SAPS will not aim to make unnecessary arrests, but will strictly enforce Level 4 laws to save lives.
Nine suspects were arrested following a fatal taxi-related shooting in Fordburg which left one person dead.
Police union (POPCRU) says it finds Bheki Cele’s comments on salary increments ‘extremely distressing, immature and unfortunate’.
The DA said on Monday that investigations into the SAPS have revealed mountainous corruption, and continued to condemn the Firearms Bill.
The inter-ministerial task team into political murder in KwaZulu-Natal has recorded a 66% detection rate and achieved an 83% conviction rate.
From a watch worth over R750k to flowers, pyjamas, a wall mat and more: Here are the declarations made from the current cohort of MPs in SA.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the inter ministerial committee task team on political murders in KZN will be beefed up ahead of elections.
Police Minister Bheki Cele hiked the budget for VIP protection for politicians by R1,7 billion and now wants to remove citizens’ firearms.
Six suspects face charges of murder, attempted murder, and kidnapping, in connection with the deaths of eight people in Zandspruit
Bheki Cele has praised Western Cape police for arresting 11 people in connection with the recent spree of murders in Khayelitsha.
Kidnapping figures showed a major increase, especially in these three areas, according to th latest police data released on Friday.
While delivering Q4 crime statistics, on Friday, Cele said sexual violence, including rape, meted against women in SA is simply shameful.
The latest Crime Stats for South Africa are difficult to stomach – especially for those in KZN, where the top three sites for murder all reside.
Policemen’s lives have not been spared during the spate of murders that took place during the first three months of 2021 SAPS data shows.
If you’re looking for minced words, you’ve come to the wrong place. The tide of anger directed towards Bheki Cele is rising, due to a giant ‘DNA backlog’.
In a leaked letter the Police Minister strongly rebukes the SAPS national commissioner for allegedly defying him this week.