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A clip of retired minister Bheki Cele out and about at a groove event has gone viral on social media. The former police boss was spotted attending a DJ Shimza performance in Durban. BHEKI CELE SPOTTED AT GROOVE On social media, a clip of retired minister of police Bheki Cele at a music performance has…
The forensic evidence team leader of the political killings task team told the Mandlanga commission that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) interfered in the arrests of murder co-accused Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. Maxwell Wanda said that, during a takedown operation at Molefe’s Sandhurst residence in Gauteng, a group of Hawks…
Deputy police minister Cassel Mathale’s testimony at parliament’s police ad hoc committee added to the number of government officials who were not consulted before suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu disbanded the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team. Mathale said Mchunu’s December 2024 directive to “immediately” disband the task team and submit a closure report within a…
Former police minister Bheki Cele has criticised former national police commissioner Riah Phiyega over her handling of the Marikana mine killings. Cele told parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into police corruption that, if he had been in office during the Marikana massacre, in which 34 striking mineworkers were shot dead by police in 2012, the…
The father of rapper AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, has admonished the former minister of police, Bheki Cele, for insinuating that his late son murdered his fiancée, Anele Tembe. This comes after the retired minister hinted at foul play in the death of the 22-year-old woman. In 2021, Anele – the daughter of businessman Moses…
Tensions flared when former Police Minister Bheki Cele was questioned by Portfolio Committee on Police chairperson Ian Cameron before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee. The Committee, which is investigating KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of criminality within the South African Police Service (SAPS), was hearing Cele’s evidence. Cameron questioned Cele about his connection…