Police are "enthused" about the change of ranks that recently came into effect, National Commissioner Bheki Cele said on Monday.
Police chief Bheki Cele, ahead of the funeral of Eugene Terre’Blanche, urged South Africans to be colour-blind as they come to terms with crime.
Jittery foreign visitors, including diplomats, celebrities and businessmen are scrambling to secure personal bodyguards for the Soccer World Cup.
Police chief Bheki Cele has insisted he be addressed as "general" from now on after the approval of military rankings for the police, it was reported.
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/ 23 February 2010
SA’s top cop says World Cup fans will be safe, and the country will be safer because of the work his force has done to prepare for the tournament.
People who threaten to disrupt the much-awaited Soccer World Cup in June will face the full might of the law, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned.
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/ 22 January 2010
One of the criminals who threatened to target the Soccer World Cup in an eNews interview was expected to appear in court on Monday.
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/ 21 January 2010
“We are of the view that a friend of a criminal is a criminal,” said Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday afternoon.
Over 1 000 people were arrested in provinces across the country during the festive season, national police said on Friday.
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/ 30 December 2009
Captain Michelle Pitout — killed during a housebreaking investigation — had bravely given her life to policing, said police Commissioner Bheki Cele.
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/ 9 December 2009
Police National Commissioner Bheki Cele ordered that an old South African flag be removed from a desk at the Durban train station.
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/ 8 December 2009
SA will not be run by criminals, said police National Commissioner Bheki Cele on Tuesday at the launch of a festive season crime-fighting campaign.
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/ 7 December 2009
The police force will make South Africa safe for the 2010 World Cup and beyond, national Police Commissioner Bheki Cele said on Monday.
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/ 2 December 2009
Security plans for the Fifa World Cup meet international standards and have been used as a benchmark by the UN, Bheki Cele said on Wednesday.
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/ 13 November 2009
South Africa’s police officers are insecure and uncertain after more than a decade of mixed messages from their superiors.
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/ 6 November 2009
Police chief Bheki Cele on Friday told police graduates they had the right to return fire if shot at, but should not become trigger-happy.
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/ 5 November 2009
Police must use deadly force when under attack from ”armed thugs”, Bheki Cele reiterated on Thursday after appointing two new provincial commissioners
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/ 24 October 2009
The police service will introduce stricter measures to safeguard its own firearms, a spokesperson said on Saturday.
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/ 26 September 2009
President Jacob Zuma will meet the country’s police
commissioners next week to discuss crime fighting initiatives, the presidency said on Friday.
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/ 22 September 2009
SA’s murder rate has declined slightly, the government said on Tuesday, though a surge in robberies pushed the overall crime rate slightly higher.
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/ 15 September 2009
South Africans will soon be making crime statements to legal professionals when they enter the country’s police stations, Bheki Cele said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 September 2009
Legislation empowering police to respond more forcefully to dangerous criminals is close to finalisation, the minister of police said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 September 2009
According to press reports, Cele was recently spotted at a Jimmy Choo store in Cape Town buying shoes for his fiancée, a Thembeka Ngcobo
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/ 8 September 2009
An application by Bheki Cele seeking to interdict three IFP leaders from making defamatory statements against him was rejected on Tuesday.
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/ 2 September 2009
Criminals do not target people because of their skin colour, police National Commissioner Bheki Cele said on Wednesday.
Newly appointed national police chief Bheki Cele will have to wait a few more days to hear the outcome of his court bid against IFP leaders.
South Africa’s police will be transformed into a well-oiled machine that will send criminals fleeing, the new police chief said on Thursday.
Bheki Cele’s intervention in a culpable homicide trial hasn’t even featured in court.
Police chief Bheki Cele has called for a law change so that police are not ”handcuffed” by the Criminal Procedure Act.
Police National Commissioner Bheki Cele’s argument in favour of a moratorium on issuing crime statistics is “not convincing”, according to the ISS.
New police National Commissioner Bheki Cele hit back at the opposition on Tuesday in a row over a mooted moratorium on crime statistics.
The Democratic Alliance on Monday urged police commissioner Bheki Cele to retract a comment that he would support a moratorium on crime statistics.