Cele fails the nation on crime
The Citizen|June 20, 2024
It was with great excitement when Bheki Cele was appointed minister of police in 2018.
KEKELETSO NAKELI
Cele fails the nation on crime

We remembered him as the national commissioner of the South African Police Service who took no prisoners in the fight against crime, albeit his removal from the same position was for alleged misconduct.

We believed that as a minister of police, we would be in safe hands. However, with the increase in crime rates, there were alarming theories that Cele benefitted from the commission of crime.

While we fight off the strangulation by the rand, we now have to move in fear because any time is honestly tea time for one to be a victim of crime.

Our choice of cars is often informed by statistics of what is on the hijacking red list.

This story is from the June 20, 2024 edition of The Citizen.

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