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SAPS Commissioner Sitole roped in to investigate unmasked Mtsweni-Tsipane
Bheki Cele said the not wearing of masks in public was non-negotiable and necessary action must be taken.
Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane has since apologised for not wearing her mask with both a police officer and Deputy President David Mabuza having to tell her to cover her face.
Police Minister Bheki Cele said he's particularly concerned by the refusal of many to wear their masks, adding that 7,455 citizens had been apprehended since 29 December for endangering their own lives and those around them by refusing to cover up.
EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has described Cele’s role in the saga involving the suspension of crime intelligence boss Peter Jacobs and five others as a classic case of how politicians often undermined investigations.
EFF's Mbuyiseni Ndlozi opened a case of political interference and defeating the ends of justice against Minister Bheki Cele at Sunnyside Police Station. #EFF #BhekiCele #PPE
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that the South African National Defence Force would be assisting police keep bathers away from the Garden Route beaches. The country returned to level three lockdown regulations, resulting in various beaches around the country closing to the public.
The Garden Route was one of the Western Cape's first hotspot areas to be placed under lockdown restrictions during the second wave of the pandemic.
Just last week in Ocean View, a man was killed and another wounded while vehicles were torched, and a home was damaged in running battles for turf.
The Police Minister said the SAPS would continue to investigate the abuse of women and children with a view to closing loopholes when it came to lenient jail terms handed to offenders.
The minister on Tuesday said police knew about the tricks employed by some business owners who flouted the alcohol ban the last time and officers would not hesitate to act.
Police Minister Bheki Cele assured liquor traders that the police were aware of people who would attempt to sell illegal alcohol after President Ramaphosa instituted a ban, promising that they would be arrested. Cele was speaking as part of the National Coronavirus Command Council on Tuesday. #COVID19 #Lockdown #Level3
In a bid to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night announced a number of stricter restrictions that will be imposed.
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is joined by Zweli Mkhize and Bheki Cele on Tuesday morning.
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini -Zuma, Zweli Mkhize and Bheki Cele will at 10 am lead a media briefing on the COVID-19 restrictions, regulations and enforcement.
The minister warned officials to keep their hands clean as he launched a safety campaign at the Beitbridge Border Post.
The police minister instructed a city-authorised film crew to halt their work while assessing compliance to COVID-19 rules on Camps Bay beach earlier this week.
The minister has raised the alarm over what he describes as 'the reckless behaviour exhibited by some bathers on Cape Town’s beaches'.
The Mother City’s beaches will remain open this festive season while beaches in the Garden Route district and in the Eastern Cape are shut until early January.