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Police Minister Bheki Cele at a media briefing on 25 October 2021. Picture: GCIS.

Police murders

Cele calls for collective action against police murders after cop killed on duty

By Ray White

Police Minister Bheki Cele was speaking at the burial of a station commander, who was murdered in the line of duty in Mpumalanga.

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  • Police Minister Bheki Cele speaks to the media on 2 March 2021 after visiting the families of the two police officers who were killed while on patrol in Kraaifontein on 28 February 2021. Picture: Lizell Persens/Eyewitness News

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