Tag: Bheki Cele

While communities’ rights to protect themselves from criminality is enshrined in the Constitution, this must be done within a legal framework. This was on Thursday...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise along with Police Minister Bheki Cele said at the weekend Cabinet’s security cluster was “committed to restoring...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says aggravated robberies, such as carjacking, have increased by 13.8%. Cele says there were 661 more carjacking cases in the period...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says there has been significant reductions in a number of crimes committed and reported to the police during the last...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is seized with acting on the visibly clear tensions between Police Minister Bheki Cele and Police Commissioner, General Kehla...

Police Minister Bheki Cele, who’s SA Police Service (SAPS) was severely criticised for lack of action during the July unrest, maintains there is no...

Outspoken Police Minister Bheki Cele told mourners at the funeral of a Mpumalanga police station commander killed on duty communities must “not co-govern with...

Police visibility will be significantly increased in Gqeberha in the wake of public violence and the destruction of property that saw several businesses and...

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, and his Deputy Cassel Mathale are today expected to visit Gqeberha following violence and wanton destruction of property, which...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says steep increases in the quarterly crime statistics, are a result of a normalisation of statistics as opposed to the...

Sexual offences have increased by 74.1% in the months between April and the end of June this year after lockdown regulations were further relaxed. This...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has opened an urgent internal investigation into allegations of theft of firearms by police members at the Norwood...

While not in its area of responsibility, Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) deemed the theft of more than a million rounds of...

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, will today, visit businesses and shopping complexes in Durban and Pietermaritzburg, affected by wide spread looting during last week’s...

More than 750 people were arrested for wanton destruction and looting of businesses and properties over the past five days. Of these, 304 were arrested...

Police Minister Bheki Cele is today expected to receive a briefing from the Western Cape SAPS management following Wednesday’s shooting, which claimed eight lives...

Opposition to Police Minister Bheki Cele’s proposed changes to the law governing firearm ownership continue to mount with one political party staging what it...

Police Minister Bheki Cele’s plan to stop South Africans owning firearms for self-defence continues to be criticised with political parties and think tanks adding...

Police Minister Bheki Cele ordered a thorough investigation into police response to the Zandspruit vigilantism incident that claimed the lives of eight alleged gang...

Police Minister Bheki Cele has decried the callous murder of 24 police officers in the country in the first three months of 2021. Cele highlighted...