Police Minister Bheki Cele in conversation with News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson on farm murders, crime and police killings. Follow it live here.
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FACT CHECK | No evidence Bheki Cele said 'farmers shouldn't complain when they get hurt'
Accounts taken from eyewitnesses and video footage shot at a gathering of farmers, farmworkers and police in Normandien, KwaZulu-Natal, have been unable to prove that Police Minister Bheki Cele said: "Farmers shouldn't complain when they get hurt."
Cele is alleged to have made the remarks at an imbizo with the farming community of Normandien on 21 September, three weeks after the murders of Glen Rafferty and his wife, Vida, at their farmhouse in the area.
The police minister has, however, vehemently denied making the statement.
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ANALYSIS | SA’s toxic triad invades Senekal: Rampant violence, broken justice, cynical politics
On Tuesday, the full South African crisis played itself out in the eastern Free State. It saw the convergence of violent crime; a broken criminal justice system and politics mix into an almost fatal and impossible flood of hopelessness and anger, writes Pieter du Toit.
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ANALYSIS | Brendin Horner murder: 'You don't solve a criminal situation by committing criminal acts'
Two crime experts agree that farm murders are not a result of terror, as was claimed by AfriForum outside the Senekal Magistrate's Court, where two men appeared in connection with the murder of Brendin Horner.
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HOW IT UNFOLDED | Brendin Horner murder: A timeline of violence, protests and shootings
The Senekal Magistrate's Court was vandalised when around 100 protesters clashed with police. This after two suspects appeared in court in connection with the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner. News24 took a look at the timeline of events that led to the clashes between police and protesters.
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Murder of top cop Charl Kinnear captured in chilling CCTV footage
Screenshots of CCTV footage captured the murder of Cape Town Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear. Kinnear was shot dead in his car in front of his house in Bishop Lavis on 18 September. The footage shows a man loitering in the area before approaching Kinnear and pulling the trigger.
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'It's time to set politics aside,' says Bheki Cele at Charl Kinnear's funeral
Police Minister Bheki Cele had demanded that action be taken against any officer implicated in the murder of Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear. Kinnear was killed in an apparent assassination in front of his home two weeks ago.
Cele added that the police force was no place for criminality and that it was time to put politics aside.
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Kinnear murder not as simple as good cops vs bad cops
Two camps are vying for control of Cape Town's underworld. The SAPS should use this opportunity to get to the bottom of the rot, writes Adriaan Basson.
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News24 Frontline: Bheki Cele talks farm murders, crime and police killings
It has been a rough few weeks for the country in the wake of the assassination of top cop Charl Kinnear and murder of farm manager Brendin Horner.