Bheki Cele

2022 - 8 - 3

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DA wants Cele sacked for saying Krugersdorp victim 'lucky, if it is ... (News24)

DA spokesperson Nazley Sharif accused Cele of perpetuating rape culture and called on the ruling party to fire the police minister.

The women were attacked while filming a music video. They said the suspects were arrested for contravening the immigration laws. - In the interview, Cele said a 19-year-old woman raped among seven other women was "lucky, if it is lucky" to have been raped by one man while others were raped by several men at a time.

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What was meant by police minister's 'lucky rape' comment? (TimesLIVE)

Police minister Bheki Cele faces another foot-in-mouth saga, this time for his comments on the horrific rapes at a Krugersdorp mine dump on Thursday.

Is this the state of our nation?” The one 19-year-old was lucky — if it is lucky — [to be] raped by one man.” His words were: “One woman was raped by 10 different men.

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'Lucky to be Raped'? Police Minister Bheki Cele Must Go, Says DA (SAPeople News)

“How can a person with an attitude that perpetuates rape culture in an already violent society be the head of the SAPS? This is more than enough reason for him ...

Over 27,500 South Africans have signed a petition, created by the DA, calling for Bheki Cele to be fired. Bheki Cele must go!” says DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Nazley Sharif MP. It will simply be vulgar.

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WATCH: Cele says victim 'lucky to be raped by one man' (Citizen)

1. Bheki Cele is a certifiable moron. 2. Is this how the police think about rape? That victims in South Africa are lucky when they're only rapped by one person?

The party took this as a last straw and launched a petition calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack “a clueless and irresponsible misogynist” Cele. “The one 19-year-old was lucky, if it is lucky, that was raped by one man.” “They ordered the rest to watch as others were raped, one woman was raped by ten different men, the other one by eight, the other one by six, the other one by six, four and three and all that,” said Cele.

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Gang rape survivors tell how they escaped Zama Zamas (Independent Online)

Three women who survived the horrific gang rape in Krugersdorp said they had been brutally hurt by Police Minister Bheki Cele questioning how they had ...

The Star understands that the Nigerian embassy had stepped in to protect the Nigerian men who were part of the film crew. The third survivor told The Star that she was called “magogo” by the assailants. They were also raped by the second and third group of men. They were impressed that I was white and spoke Zulu,” a second survivor said. The young woman, who was with her mother on the set, said the men were “enjoying” themselves while raping the women. I had to watch them rape all the other girls,” she said.

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DA wants Bheki Cele fired after rape victim comment (CapeTown ETC)

The DA has called for Bheki Cele to be fired from his role as South Africa's Minister of Police for his comment about one of the rape victims of the ...

65 have been arrested with 32 counts of rape being investigated in the West Village Film crew attack. If the ANC cannot act accordingly and fails to remove minister Cele from his position, they have no place to ever speak on tackling gender-based violence and femicide,” said Sharif In an interview with eNCA on crime in SA with a focus on the Krugersdorp West Village attack, Cele said that the 19-year-old woman who was raped along with seven other women in that attack should consider herself “lucky” as she was only raped once, by one man.

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Calls for Cele to resign over 'lucky to be raped by one man' comment (ofm.co.za)

Cele was talking about the mass gang rape in an abandoned mine shaft in Krugersdorp last week as the country deals with an epidemic of gender-based violence ...

This cannot be but a better demonstration that Cele is severely ill-equipped for the position of minister of police.” “This essentially further reinforces and perpetuates the idea that it is normal for women to be raped and that it should be expected. The EFF says Cele’s insensitive, uncouth and revictimising of the women is most unbefitting for a Minister of Police.

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Second person in court for impersonating Police Minister, Bheki Cele (Algoa FM)

The Hawks said that a 34-year-old man appeared in the White River Magistrate's Court in Mpumalanga on Thursday for allegedly impersonating the Police ...

He said Hlongwane pleaded guilty to all the charges and was subsequently sentenced to a R1000 fine on a charge of contravening Disaster Regulations and a further R2000 fine following his conviction on a charge of fraud, which was suspended for a period of five years. Nkwalase said this was regarded as “fake news” as the Minister of Police has no valid social media account, and also a contravention of the Regulations of Disaster Management Act as it was during the hard lockdown. The Hawks said that a 34-year-old man appeared in the White River Magistrate's Court in Mpumalanga on Thursday for allegedly impersonating the Police Minister, Bheki Cele, on social media.

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Mpumalanga man in court for impersonating Cele (Jacaranda FM)

A 34-year-old man has appeared in the White River Magistrate's Court for impersonating Police Minister Bheki Cele on Facebook.

He was found guilty of impersonating the police minister on Facebook. "Preliminary investigation revealed that there were 161 Facebook accounts and two Facebook groups purporting to be that of the Minister, carrying a combination of both his name and pictures." "This was unbecoming and regarded as fake news as the Minister of Police has no valid social media account and a contravention of the Regulations of Disaster Management Act,” said Hawks spokesperson Philani Nkwalase.

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DA wants Bheki Cele fired after rape victim comment (CapeTown ETC)

The DA has called for Bheki Cele to be fired from his role as South Africa's Minister of Police for his comment about one of the rape victims of the ...

65 have been arrested with 32 counts of rape being investigated in the West Village Film crew attack. If the ANC cannot act accordingly and fails to remove minister Cele from his position, they have no place to ever speak on tackling gender-based violence and femicide,” said Sharif In an interview with eNCA on crime in SA with a focus on the Krugersdorp West Village attack, Cele said that the 19-year-old woman who was raped along with seven other women in that attack should consider herself “lucky” as she was only raped once, by one man.

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Court date for man who pretended to be police minister Bheki Cele (TimesLIVE)

A man suspected of impersonating police minister Bheki Cele appeared in the Mooi River magistrate's court on Thursday to face charges of fraud.

Hlongwane pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced on December 3 2021,” Nkwalase said. “Similarly, Mzomusha Hlongwane, 25, also linked to other Facebook accounts, was served with a summons to appear in the Bergville magistrate's court in KwaZulu-Natal on September 30 2021. “This was unbecoming and regarded as fake news as the minister of police has no valid social media account, and a contravention of the regulations of the Disaster Management Act as it was during the hard lockdown levels to prevent the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic,” Hawks spokesperson Lt-Col Philani Nkwalase said.

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