Former police minister Bheki Cele described forensic investigator Paul O’ Sullivan as an “octopus” during testimony before Parliament’s ad hoc committee, a remark that prompted a statement from the Helen Suzman Foundation.
Former police minister Bheki Cele stunned the nation on Thursday after revealing before Parliament that police investigators believed Anele Tembe was murdered — raising new questions about why prosecutors declined to pursue the case.
Bheki Cele returns to Parliament on Friday for a second day of testimony before the ad hoc committee investigating corruption and political interference in the police, following heated exchanges and explosive revelations about the taxi industry and his links to controversial figures.
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi told the Madlanga Commission that Bheki Cele and businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala exchanged money in 2024.
Former Police Minister Bheki Cele has been linked to jailed businessman Vusi “Cat” Matlala through phone records.
According to police Minister Bheki Cele, South Africa’s DNA backlog has been completely cleared. Here’s what we know.
Reacting to the Cape Town taxi strike, Police Minister Bheki Cele blasted JP Smith, saying he needs ‘psychological help.’
This driver survived a harrowing encounter with one of the insurgents behind the recent wave of truck attacks.
In the last week, six separate shooting incidents have claimed the lives of two people and 11 others were injured.
Bheki Cele told law enforcement officials to make sure that they “enforce the law” without fear or favour,during and after SONA 2023.
The Police ministry urged detectives to pursue all available avenues to find the killers of a Port Edward warrant officer and his family.
495 newly trained police officers are the first batch of 10 000 members that will be deployed as fully-fledged constables.
Bheki Cele was slammed for the insensitive remark he made about a teenage rape victim.
Bheki Cele wants everyone to answer for the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy, from the government, to liquor retailers.
Action Society’s Ian Cameron came face-to-face with an unhinged Bheki Cele at an anti-crime meeting in Cape Town.
Bheki Cele will stall until close of business but if nothing is heard from Zondo, Jacob Zuma will be sent to jail.
Bheki Cele wants the courts to conclude Zuma’s challenge before he can action the arrest warrant. But, is this legally sound?
Words that have haunted him since? Bheki Cele claims he has never uttered that instruction.