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Cele: 34 wanted criminals arrested since launch of safer holidays initiative
The police’s national operational plan, aimed at reducing crime over the Christmas festive season, was rolled out in the Western Cape on Thursday night.
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‘We do want the matter resolved’, says Cele about Meyiwa murder case
As his family reaches out to AfriForum for help, the police minister says Cele said he was reassured by the justice minister and NDPP that the NPA is still investigating the case.
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SAPS unaware of strike threat by some officials over promotion policy
The officers believe they should be advanced in their positions in line with a collective bargaining agreement on promotions and grade progression which were meant to be affected in 2011.
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Bheki Cele grilled in Parly over latest crime stats
Police committee chairperson Tina Joemat-Pettersson questioned police officials on how they intended fighting gender-based violence.
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SA becoming producer & consumer of world’s most sought-after drugs - Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele said they have been dealing with the illicit drug trade since 1993 and since then, the situation has worsened.
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Crime stats: An average of 114 rapes reported every day in SA
Minister of Police Bheki Cele released the crime stats for South Africa on 12 September 2019, admitting that ‘not everything is rosy'.
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Concerns over number of children involved in crimes
The latest crime statistic showed how 736 of the over 21,000 murders recorded by police between April last year and March this year were committed by children.
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Parly police committee calls for review of policing after crime stats
The committee said it’s unacceptable that there’s a general increase in crime every year, but no cutting-edge strategies to fight it.
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SA is at war with itself – MPs react to latest crime stats
South Africa recorded over 21,000 murders for the 2018/2019 year, an increase of 686 murders from the previous year.
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Maimane blames SAPS, metro police for poor handling of xenophobic attacks
Mmusi Maimane was speaking outside the Johannesburg central police station where he handed over a memorandum of grievances to SAPS.
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Fresh protests erupt in Johannesburg CBD
The demonstrations started after Inkatha Freedom Party founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi was shunned at a meeting aimed at quelling tensions in Jules Street.
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Cele postpones Jhb imbizo over ‘clash’ with reed dance event
Bheki Cele told angry Jeppestown residents he would hear their grievances on Sunday, but he says there was a clash with the reed dance that indunas have to attend.
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More women officers to be trained to deal with GBV
Police minister Bheki Cele says female officers should be placed at the front desk of police stations to deal with cases of women abuse.
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Cele promises probe into Mrwetyana’s alleged killer’s previous cases
Speaking at Uyinene Mrwetyana’s funeral, police minister Bheki Cele said a team has been established to investigate the suspect’s previous criminal cases.
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CT students beg ministers to do more to protect women
The group met with the four ministers for a question and answer session, just a few minutes after President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed a march at the gates of Parliament.
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Cele: We’re focusing on criminality regardless of who commits it
Police Minister Bheki Cele also dismissed calls for the deployment of the army in Gauteng as was done in the Western Cape to curb gang violence.
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Cele: No need for SANDF in Johannesburg
Speaking outside Jeppestown police station, Police Minister Bheki Cele said the unrest around Johannesburg is due to disgruntled residents which can't be likened to gangsterism in Western Cape.
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Cops fire rubber bullets in JHB CBD while looters want foreign nationals gone
Violence erupted in the same area where Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed residents on Tuesday afternoon.
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Ramaphosa: Xenophobia puts South Africans abroad at risk of retaliatory attacks
There is 'no justification to blame foreigners for lack of jobs. This must be stopped,' President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a video posted on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
