/ 8 July 2021

Once they were comrades, now Cele arrests Zuma, who fired him as police commissioner

President Jacob Zuma, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa and former top cop Bheki Cele.  Lisa Skinner
Bheki Cele (right) and Jacob Zuma (left) share a relationship dating back to the 1980s

Bheki Cele and Jacob Zuma share a relationship dating back to the 1980s

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