Bheki Cele

EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini called Police Minister Bheki Cele a 'coward' in a heated exchange at the State of the Nation Address debate on ...

He called me, not the other way around, and his call was very clear," said Dlamini. "He proposed to let us meet in Cape Town. The question he should be responding to is: did he not call me on Saturday? You go and correct it with the SG [secretary-general]. Who [told] you to come onto national TV to tell the world the wrong thing? "[On] Wednesday before the SONA, I had a long meeting with the secretary-general of the EFF in my house.

EFF leader Julius Malema claims police minister Bheki Cele plotted to assassinate Floyd Shivambu and that police leadership is working with izinkabi ...

[Kiernan “AKA” Forbes](https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-02-14-akas-death-was-an-assassination-say-police/), who was fatally shot in Durban on Friday night, would never be known because the police were in cahoots with criminal syndicates. Malema said what happened to rapper Malema said his claims had been “confirmed”.

EFF leader Julius Malema has accused Police Minister Bheki Cele of being in cahoots with the criminals. Addressing the MPs during the.

The only way we can be defeated when dealing with crime is only when the leadership of the police is working with criminals.” Philemon Lukhele, one of the suspects, confirmed this to Sunday World in January. This is a matter that has been reported and has been confirmed,” said added. In all respect, we don’t even want to talk about GBV [gender-based violence, cash-in transit heists, we don’t want to talk about contact crime because the leadership of the police is in cahoots with the criminals. He revealed that Cele allegedly planned an assassination of EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu, stating that the crime was confirmed and reported. He is indeed a certified fool without any alternative to reducing crime in South Africa,” said Malema.

The police minister and the EFF's secretary general traded insults in Parliament on Tuesday over an alleged assassination plot implicating the IFP in KZN.

"Let me address his coward of the ANC. He was there to urge and beg me to confirm that I have said IFP will kill him. When I refused, he promised me that life is going to be difficult for me."

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Police Minister Bheki Cele got into a heated exchange after Julius Malema accused Cele of plotting to kill the party's ...

[TimesLIVE](https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2023-02-14-listen-bheki-cele-plotted-to-kill-eff-deputy-president-floyd-shivambu-claims-malema/), the Red Berets leader also called for Cele to resign. He claimed that the [EFF](https://briefly.co.za/26635-10-eff-songs-ever.html) SG vowed to make his life difficult after denying the accusations. The remarks were made after the Red Berets recently “The only way we can be defeated in dealing with crime is only when the leadership of the police is working with criminals. The EFF accused Cele of knowing about an alleged plan to kill the party’s secretary-general, Marshall Dlamini. However, the IFP denied the claims and said it would

Police Minister Bheki Cele has been forced to withdraw his claims that DA leader John Steenhuisen had allegedly abused his wife.

[Steenhuisen](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/john-steenhuisen/)’s previous marriage that ended in divorce due to infidelity. “She is your wife today, but the women around you are quiet and not saying anything. So, you better go and fix yourself; if not, we will help you,” said Cele. [READ MORE'Misbehave and pay' - Public officials who 'rig' the system in favour of political parties warned](https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/courts/ruling-against-ekurhuleni-public-officials-a-warning/) [Cele](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/bheki-cele/) accused female [DA](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/democratic-alliance-da/) MPs of allegedly keeping quiet about the abuse allegations against their leader. Cele on Tuesday, during the debate on the State of the Nation Address (Sona) at Cape Town City Hall, alleged that Steenhuisen was abusive to his wife before he married her, which angered DA MPs and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, who demanded that he withdraw his claims.

Police Minister Bheki Cele on Thursday took the IFP and EFF dispute, characterised by allegations of assassination plots, to Parliament.

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