A statement that reopened old wounds When Bheki Cele stood before Parliament’s ad hoc committee in October 2025 and implied that the death of Anele Tembe might not have been suicide, the remarks triggered shock waves across the country. Tembe, who died in April 2021 after falling from the 10th floor of Cape Town’s Pepperclub […]
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Former police minister Bheki Cele admitted to staying at the Pretoria penthouse of alleged “Big Five” cartel member and businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, during testimony before Parliament’s ad hoc committee in Cape Town on Thursday. Bheki recounted first meeting Cat in December 2024 at Durban’s Beverly Hills Hotel, shortly after a police raid on Cat’s […]
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When a short clip stirred a long debate A seemingly offhand remark by former Police Minister Bheki Cele during his testimony before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee has sparked wider debate across South Africa. The clip in question featured Cele asserting that Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi was an “apartheid career policeman created to ensure that Black men […]
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Although his exit from parliament brought about much joy from South African citizens, it appears former minister Bheki Cele is still on the minds of many South Africans as they weigh in on a trending video of the former minister enjoying his time away from office. As a minister in numerous portfolios, Bheki Cele was […]
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With the 2024 National Elections outcomes having been finalised, it appears that the parliamentary benches will soon be cleared. Many ministers who previously visited the legislative building in the colours of the African Nation Congress (ANC) are to be removed; among them is Minister of Police Bheki Cele. The news comes after the ruling party […]
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Long-serving ministers Naledi Pandor, Bheki Cele, Thandi Modise, and Thulas Nxesi will not return to Parliament after the ANC lost 71 seats in the recent election, reports said on Tuesday. According to EWN, the ministers did not make the cut on the list published by the Electoral Commission of South Africa, which will be handed […]
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It’s been just over a year following the brutal killing of rapper AKA and his former manager Tabello Motsoane, and finally, the police have cracked the code in arresting those who were responsible for their murder. This comes after the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) found two of the suspects in hiding in their country […]
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The controversial Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, is receiving heat after the South African Police Service (SAPS) contributed close to half a million rand to help fund his executive assistant’s trip to France for the Rugby World Cup (RWC). During a question-and-answer session in parliament headed by the opposition political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), […]
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A video of South African Minister of Police Bheki Cele and a mystery woman flirting with him has quite a few social media users raising their eyebrows and calling the interaction sexual harassment. The video, which has been shared on X (formerly Twitter), sees the woman trying to hug the minister while saying that she […]
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