Bheki Cele

The police ministry has spent R8.2m on four aircraft for Minister of Police Bheki Cele and his deputy Cassel Mathale, among others, to travel in since 2018, ...

Every time he stands up, he flies to a crime scene and invites the media. And the answer is nothing,” Whitfield said. What benefit to the victims of crime is this R8m? He said the reasons for the trips were for Cele to “gallivant in front of cameras”. It’s unclear whether these are rented or owned by SAPS as they hadn’t responded at the time of writing. Action Society’s Ian Cameron said Cele was jet-setting as a “cowboy”, the imbizos had not turned the tide on the crime situation and he had effectively made Masemola his “lapdog”.