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Pressure on failing Bheki Cele continues relentlessly

Dear Editor

Tomorrow, Thursday 18 August at Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, the DA will unveil and launch a new campaign tool against the failing Minister of Police, Bheki Cele.

The DA’s pressure for Cele to be removed continues to be relentless, and until President Cyril Ramaphosa removes the failing Minister the DA will not let up.

Minister Cele has presided over the gutting of SAPS capacity, an attempted insurrection, failing crime intelligence, a massive DNA backlog, sharp reduction in detective numbers, one-third of SAPS vehicles out of service, and over 9 000 fewer SAPS officers on the streets recently.

Worse still, Minister Cele remains unrepentant for celebrating the rape of a woman by “only one” man.

The DA event and unveiling will be led by:

  • Shadow Minister of Police, Andrew Whitfield MP
  • Deputy Federal Chairperson, Refiloe Nt’sekhe MPL
  • Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Cilliers Brink MP
  • Shadow Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities, Luyolo Mphithi MP
  • Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities, Nazley Sharif MP
  • Gauteng Shadow MEC for Community Safety, Crezane Bosch MPL, and
  • Gauteng DAWN Chairperson, Stephanie Ueckermann

Regards

Robert Dalton
DA Gauteng Provincial Director

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Sundays at the The Maboneng Precinct

On a Sunday morning, Maboneng is perhaps the most diverse place in South Africa. You will see Ethiopian coffee ceremonies happening next to artisanal gin bars, and Zulu dancers performing in the street while international tourists browse through vintage vinyl. It is a microcosm of the “New South Africa”—messy, vibrant, occasionally precarious, but undeniably alive. It proved that the “City of Gold” didn’t need to dig deeper into the earth to find value; it just needed to look at its own abandoned streets with a bit of imagination.