President Jacob Zuma says he needs more time to decide what actions to take against Minister Sicelo Shiceka and General Bheki Cele.
The presidency says National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele has not been fired by President Jacob Zuma.
Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde and police chief General Bheki Cele won’t appear before the parliamentary committees to explain the lease deals yet.
Police National Commissioner General Bheki Cele is not going to leave the SAPS until his "job is done", he said in an interview.
Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has not been ordered to take steps against police commissioner Bheki Cele, the justice ministry said on Monday.
The presidency is "not aware" of plans to suspend police National Commissioner General Bheki Cele, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
Buoyed by positive crime stats, the police chief has come back fighting, sources claim.
President Jacob Zuma has asked police chief General Bheki Cele why he should not be suspended pending the outcome of the inquiry into police leases.
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/ 16 September 2011
It’s a tough life in the rainbow nation, a land where every topic has too many hues and cries, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
The public protector is satisfied with progress reports on the police lease scandal received from the presidency and the department of public works .
The number of murders in SA declined by 6.5% in 2010/2011, with 15 940 cases being recorded, according to annual police crime statistics released
Crime is down according to statistics for the past year, and people who don’t believe the good news are "cynics", says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
Police National Commissioner General Bheki has asked crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli to tell him why he should not be fired.
National police commissioner General Bheki Cele was let off the hook when a British district court recommended that Shrien Dewani be extradited.
President Jacob Zuma has spoken out on corruption but the Council for the Advancement of the South Africa Constitution says more must be done.
The president has accepted the findings on the leases for two new police headquarters — and a recommendation of remedial action, media reports say.
Former public works minister Geoff Doidge was told of "inconsistencies" in a proposed police lease agreement.
Police National Commissioner General Bheki Cele reportedly asked the SIU to investigate certain contracts that were granted within the police force
President Zuma’s office says Bheki Cele has not been offered a diplomatic post, and has refused to say whether the top cop’s dismissal is imminent.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula is likely to move further up the greasy pole if, as is strongly rumoured, President Jacob Zuma shuffles his Cabinet.
In the wake of the Public Protector’s report on the leasing scandal the state has forbidden the departments affected to speak directly to the press.
General Bheki Cele has again cancelled his media briefing to react to maladministration claims by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
Police commissioner Bheki Cele will respond on Tuesday to findings by the Public Protector that two controversial building leases were unlawful.
A new "good governance and integrity unit" set up in the public protector’s office to investigate corrupt state officials is the root cause of tension
Thuli Madonsela has thrown down the gauntlet to President Jacob Zuma, demanding that he confront her awkward findings.
No one in KwaZulu-Natal knows how to flaunt it quite like Sibusiso and Shawn Mpisane.
The news reports lately about attacks on the Public Protector can be confusing. See our timeline to make sense of the story.
The Public Protector has slammed the minister of public works for allowing the deals at the centre of the police lease scandal to go through.
The police’s attempts to lease a building in Durban from tycoon Roux Shabangu amounted to maladministration, says Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
SA’s police did not sign up to be slaughtered by elite paramilitary criminals — we need to fight fire with fire, says top cop General Bheki Cele.
The deadly force by police in Durban that left six criminals dead has reignited concern about the alarming levels of police violence in KwaZulu-Natal.
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela herself might be a pawn in a wider political battle.