Former Police Minister Bheki Cele speaks DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on October 24, 2025. Former Police Minister Bheki Cele has criticised South Africa’s criminal justice system, saying it is sympathetic to criminals than victims. He made the remarks while concluding his testimony at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has denied the Democratic Alliance’s allegation that he received a leaked Public Protector report. Lesufi disbanded the Crime Prevention Wardens, known as Amapanyaza, and said they would be re-purposed as part of the province’s Traffic Police and Special Law Enforcement. He made the announcement just hours before…
FILE | Businessman Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala in court. Witness C has told the Madlanga Commission how alleged cartel criminal syndicate member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala dropped the names of prominent police officers he is close with when police descended at his home in December 2024. They included the names of Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya,…
Former Police Minister Bheki Cele testifying at Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee in Cape Town on October 24, 2025. Former Police Minister Bheki Cele says that he accepts KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi‘s withdrawal of his statement that he received money from Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, who is accused of attempted murder. Cele is appearing before Parliament’s…
Former Police Minister Bheki Cele at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, October 23, 2025. Former Police Minister Bheki Cele says he was surprised by some of the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in July this year. Mkhwanazi made allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system, involving among…
Mangaung Executive Mayor Gregory Nthatisi. The Mangaung Executive Mayor, Gregory Nthatisi has reshuffled his Mayoral Committee in an effort to strengthen his executive. In a media briefing held in Bloemfontein, Nthatisi said the changes are made in terms of Section 60 of the Municipal Structures Act. Among the key changes, Deputy Mayor Lulama Titi-Odili now…
Former Police Minister Bheki Cele appears before the parliamentary ad hoc committee, October 23, 2025. Former Police Minister Bheki Cele has kicked off his testimony before Parliament’s Ad hoc committee looking into concerns around national security. Cele says the minister of police has powers to initiate tasks, but adds that a minister cannot establish and…
Katiso “KT” Molefe appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg, August 20. Witness B has testified that alleged criminal cartel member Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe’s nephew, Lucky, is the one who ordered the hit on Q-Tech employee and engineer Armand Swart. Swart was gunned down in April last year outside his work premises, Q-Tech, in…
Former Police Minister Bheki Cele at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, October 23, 2025. Former police minister, Bheki Cele, says he thinks that the appointment of Riah Phiyega as National Police Commissioner in 2012 was a deliberate attempt to weaken the SAPS. Cele told the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee that is investigating allegations including corruption and…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Some members of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee want KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to put his retraction of some allegations against former Police minister Bheki Cele in writing. They also want Mkhwanazi to offer a public apology to Cele. This after the evidence leader – Advocate Norman Arendse…
