Political killings: Police have arrested more than 300 people, says Bheki Cele
Bheki Cele says the police are working on dealing with political killings. News24 reported that, in KwaZulu-Natal, 19 councillors had been killed since September.
In Nongoma, a KwaZulu-Natal municipality, almost all councillors, except for two, were in hiding, fearing for their lives.Cele said the ANC took the matter of political killings seriously - and had created a special inter-ministerial committee in 2018 to deal with this type of crime. Cele also pushed back on accusations that SAPS was not doing enough to deal with the rising crime related to illegal mining and cash-in-transit heists. Alleged gang boss, his wife and 2 others behind bars for vehicle theft, must wait a week to apply for bail
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