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Action Society is a civil rights organisation driven by a purpose to provide a #VoiceToTheVoiceless | #WeWillNOTShutUp | #CeleMustGo
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WATCH | What
@IanCameron23
of Action Society said to make Bheki Cele lose it.
Add your name to the 50 000 others who have already signed our petition.
#CeleMustGo
:
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WATCH | Part 4
Action Society Director of Community Safety
@IanCameron23
at the community meeting between the Police Ministry and residents of Nyanga and Gugulethu today.
Video credit:
@kaylynnpalm
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Bheki Cele is endangering the lives of our children. His list of failures is endless. Support our
#CeleMustGo
campaign and
#SaveOurChildren
by clicking here:
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“You have a problem Mr Minister, because you are removed from reality that the rest of us face.” -
@IanCameron23
, Action Society.
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The SANDF has told the victims of the
#BlueLightMafia
that they are “prohibited” to “speak to anyone” about the attack on them by 8 members of the SAPS VIP division without a SANDF General present.
Action Society will not shut up.
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Christine Robinson, a retired teacher was raped and murdered by Andrew Ndlovu on her game lodge in Limpopo on July 30, 2014. The accused fled to Zimbabwe after the attack, but he had since returned to South Africa several times using different identities.
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“Our violent crime rate is worse than some active war zones. South Africa is a blood bath,” says
@IanCameron23
, Director of Community Safety at Action Society. “Yet, our president tries to be the saviour of peace abroad. It does not make sense.”
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PRESS RELEASE | Action Society takes legal action against Bheki Cele and
@SAPoliceService
after meltdown in Gugulethu.
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WATCH | Part 1
Action Society Director of Community Safety
@IanCameron23
at the community meeting between the Police Ministry and residents of Nyanga and Gugulethu today.
Video credit:
@kaylynnpalm
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“Action Society and I will be laying 4 charges and complaints against Bheki Cele & the members of the SAPS who spinelessly removed me from yesterday’s community meeting held in Gugulethu,” said
@IanCameron23
, director of community safety at Action Society.
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Director of Community Safety at Action Society,
@IanCameron23
is considering laying a charge at
@IPID_ZA
and a charge of assault after being forcefully removed by SAPS from a community meeting between the Police Ministry and residents of Nyanga & Gugulethu.
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81 SAPS officers are allocated to each politician vs 0,002 officers for every ordinary citizen.
Apart from the criminal elements that surround these blue light brigades, they have become more of a social status symbol for politicians than anything else at great cost to
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“He was hit over the head with an assault rifle and then repeatedly kicked in the head while already unconscious from the first rifle blows. After we spoke about his physical injuries, I asked how he was emotionally. He went silent and after a long pause he said: ‘I am not
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Unannounced visit by
@IanCameron23
at Kleinvlei Police Station in Cape Town. The conditions SAPS members work under is appalling.
More photos and videos to follow.
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While Minister Bheki Cele attends photo ops instead of fighting crime, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is telling the world that South Africa is a safe place to visit.
With 71 murders per day, does South Africa sound like a safe country to you?
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Watch | ‘Shut up! Shut up!’ – Bheki Cele loses the plot in heated exchange.
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“Minister Cele, your plans have not worked since you became the Minister of Police. In fact, things have gotten considerably worse, with a 62% increase in murder in the last ten years in South Africa,” said
@IanCameron23
.
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While Ramaphosa is looking to lay charges of war crimes in the Israel/Palestine unrest, he is missing the war going on in his backyard and the person that should face the “charges” is Bheki Cele.
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#CeleMustGo
Enough Minister Cele, it is time to resign. RT if you agree! His complete lack of executive accountability and continued mismanagement of the police needs to stop.
Add your support to our call. Click on the link:
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#CeleMustGo
Enough Minister Cele, it is time to resign. RT if you agree! His complete lack of executive accountability and continued mismanagement of the police needs to stop. Add your support to our call. Click on the link:
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Bheki Cele is endangering the lives of our children. His list of failures is endless. Support our
#CeleMustGo
campaign and
#SaveOurChildren
by clicking here:
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“We will assist Mr Fisher to ensure that the criminals who attacked him and his colleagues, are brought to justice. The Action Society Law Clinic has already started with consultations in this regard," says
@IanCameron23
.
#BlueLightMafia
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Bheki Cele must be fired! He is an embarrassment to career cops and citizens.
Sign the petition to get Cele sacked:
#CeleMustGo
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“Action Society will not sit down and shut up while crime in South Africa is out of control”, said
@IanCameron23
, after being forcefully removed by SAPS from a community meeting between the Police Ministry and residents of Nyanga & Gugulethu in Cape Town.
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NEWS | “The fact that Bheki Cele remains safely in his position as Minister of Police, despite all his failures and shortcomings, shows that government has no intention to end crime. The ANC, in fact, has blood on its hands,” said
@IanCameron23
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JUST IN: Parliament’s ethics committee finds police minister Bheki Cele breached MPs' code of conduct when he shouted “shut up” and ordered police to remove Action Society's
@IanCameron23
from a police imbizo in Gugulethu last July.
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NEWS | The South African Police Service has been captured, says Action Society's
@IanCameron23
.
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Bokgabo Poo went missing on October 10, 2022. Parts of her raped and mutilated body were found in 2 different locations the following day. The man accused of this heinous crime, Ntokozo Zikhali, who confessed to kidnapping the 4-year-old, is a free man.
According to the NPA,
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“Everything Bheki Cele gets involved with becomes an abysmal failure,” said
@IanCameron23
, director of Community Safety at Action Society.
“He should play absolutely no role in any form of government.”
#CeleMustGo
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PRESS RELEASE | SAPS Blue Light Mafia should be banned; Action Society calls for attempted murder charges.
#BlueLightMafia
#VIPprotection
#SAPS
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NEWS | R8.2m splurged on ‘camera-friendly’ Bheki Cele and company’s ‘jet-setting’ travels.
“He shouldn’t be criss-crossing the country the way he is. He’s wasting money and not fulfilling his purpose,” said Action Society’s
@IanCameron23
.
#CeleMustGo
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BREAKING | South Africa now ranks 19th out of 193 countries for criminality according to the Global Organised Crime Index.
#CeleMustGo
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‼️ WANTED
For attempted murder, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, intimidation and pointing a firearm.
#BlueLightMafia
1/3
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With great sorrow, Action Society bids farewell to
@IanCameron23
, who has been consulting as our Director of Community Safety for the past three years.
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LISTEN | Director of Community Safety Action Society,
@IanCameron23
, says they have been in contact with their legal team and will be taking steps against Police Minister Bheki Cele.
@IPID_ZA
@SAPoliceService
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- 71 murders per day
- 120 rapes per day
- 7% conviction rate for sexual offences
-
#DNAbacklog
- 1/3 SAPS vehicles broken down
Yet President
@CyrilRamaphosa
says he still trusts and believes in Bheki Cele to lead SAPS?
#CeleMustGo
!
#WeWillNOTShutUp
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Action Society's
@IanCameron23
says getting rid of ‘incompetent’ Cele first step in crime reduction.
#CeleMustGo
#FightCrimeNotPolitics
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Action Society announced that the legal team it appointed to assist the driver of the VW Polo who was seriously injured in the
#BlueLightMafia
attack, are ready to serve court papers on Police minister, Bheki Cele and the National Commissioner for SAPS, Sehlahle Fannie Masemola
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The Thabo Bester saga is more proof that Minister Bheki Cele is out of his depth.
"Cele is an embarrassment to career cops and citizens." -
@IanCameron23
Get Cele sacked. Sign the petition
#CeleMustGo
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NEWS | Action Society says it will be laying charges and complaints against police minister Bheki Cele and members of the police who removed the lobby group’s leader,
@IanCameron23
, from a meeting in Gugulethu on Tuesday.
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NEWS | “In the last 24 hours Lindiwe Sisulu told the world that South Africa is a safe place to visit,” says
@IanCameron23
. “Well minister, I don’t know which South Africa you live in but in the one we live, 3 people are murdered every hour & 71 per day.”
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President Cyril Ramaphosa should look closer to home if he is looking to charge someone with “war crimes”, according to Action Society.
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Police minister Bheki Cele has admitted that SAPS can’t meet the country’s policing demands.
"It is astonishing that Bheki Cele has only realised this now," says Action Society's director of community safety
@IanCameron23
#CeleMustGo
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Action Society will proudly take credit for our role in putting the
#BlueLightMafia
8 behind bars, where they belong.
N1 assault: Mashatile's protectors blame media & civil society for their arrests
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.
@SAPoliceService
and
@IPID_ZA
refuse to investigate Bheki Cele or prosecute SAPS members. Government has officially given ministers permission to use law enforcement to bully ordinary citizens.
#WeWillNOTShutUp
and will be taking legal action.
#CeleMustGo
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20:00 - 20:15 tonight |
@AJEnglish
Action Society Director of Community Safety,
@IanCameron23
will be live on Al Jazeera to discuss the Soweto shooting and violent crime in South Africa.
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PRESS RELEASE | Action Society calls for removal of convicted child rapist as mayor.
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Action Society’s
@IanCameron23
calls out Cele and Sisulu for lying about safety in South Africa.
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“All the ministers involved, specifically Bheki Cele for Police and
@RonaldLamola
for Justice, and President
@CyrilRamaphosa
should shake their own pockets to pay for the whole bumbled exercise,” said Action Society's
@IanCameron23
.
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Do you agree that Minister of Police, Bheki Cele has failed South Africans and should resign?
#CeleMustGo
YES
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NO
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Why does President Cyril Ramaphosa retain Bheki Cele as minister of police despite growing calls for his removal after failing to keep South Africans safe?
If Cele had been the CEO of a company, shareholders would have demanded his hat a very long time ago.
Help us get Cele
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NEWS | Action Society’s Petition to Fire Police Minister Bheki Cele Gains Over 70k Signatures.
#CeleMustGo
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83 people have been murdered in the Western Cape in just 7 days. Communities lack basic resources to fight crime, while Minister Bheki Cele is protected by an entourage of armed bodyguards.
We need a serious change of national leadership in SAPS.
#CeleMustGo
@IanCameron23
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“Minister, you were standing there saying ‘as a woman in South Africa, I’m not safe’. Minister, you have bodyguards. You can not compare yourself to us.” 👏👏👏
@KwaneleFND
#GBVFSummit2022
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NEWS | 'Stop lying, Cele and Sisulu'
"I don't know in which South Africa Lindiwe Sisulu and Bheki Cele live, but their lies about South Africa being a safe place for tourists astounds me," said Action Society's director of community safety,
@IanCameron23
.
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PRESS RELEASE || Action Society celebrates resignation of Paarl SAPS Brigadier Nokuthala Pete after racist remarks.
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President
@CyrilRamaphosa
told the National Assembly yesterday that he still believes Police Minister Bheki Cele is the right man for the job.
Cele is another ANC cadre deployment failure.
#CeleMustGo
@IanCameron23
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NEWS | Action Society’s
@IanCameron23
has launched a petition for a ban on the South African Police’s “Blue Light Mafia”. This after a video went viral showing SAPS VIP Protection officers violently assaulting unarmed civilians.
#BlueLightMafia
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** PRESS RELEASE**
Action Society applauds neighbourhood watch groups and community members that are lawfully organising themselves to support the SAPS, while the EFF are intimidating the elderly in an apparent cheap publicity stunt.
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Action Society’s director of community safety,
@IanCameron23
, said the cold-blooded murder of the German national got the limelight, yet scores of South African citizens were murdered every hour.
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Chantel Makwena (5) and Bokgabo Poo (4) were both murdered by men who were out on bail.
Do you think South Africa’s bail conditions need to be revised and amended?
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Expenditure allocated for Ministry of Police VIP Protection Services for 2022/23: R1,7 billion
Budget to establish 80 sexual offences courts in the financial year 2022/23: R50 000
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Stefan van Niekerk and Rochelle Botha appeared in the Johannesburg High Court today. Both have been found guilty of murder, attempted murder, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect.
Chevonne Rusch was only two years old when she was beaten to death in 2022. A pathologist
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NEWS | Crime statistics show Ramaphosa ‘has failed’ as a leader.
"When the most vulnerable citizens, children, aren’t safe, no one is," said
@IanCameron23
Director of Community Safety at Action Society.
#SONA
#SONA2023
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WATCH | Part 3
Action Society Director of Community Safety
@IanCameron23
at the community meeting between the Police Ministry and residents of Nyanga and Gugulethu today.
Video credit:
@kaylynnpalm
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PRESS RELEASE | South Africa is a bloodbath, but Ramaphosa prefers wasting money on international PR stunts where he has no influence.
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South Africans say: ENOUGH.
No more excuses for failed justice! The poor service delivery and the current state of disorder within SAPS, is a crime against all the citizens of this country.
#CeleMustGo
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The SAPS forensic labs grinded to a complete halt 6 weeks ago because repeated delays in tender negotiations meant that the necessary supplies for the biology labs were never purchased. SAPS have tried to blame stock at suppliers in the past, but we have confirmed that suppliers
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WATCH | “Bheki Cele is blatantly lying to the public about needing digitisation. He is trying to cover up his own incompetence and that of the National Commissioner.” - Action Society spokesperson,
@IanCameron23
.
Full discussion on
@eNCA
:
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PRESS RELEASE | Action Society’s Cameron lay charges of crimen injuria and common assault.
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Paarl SAPS Brigadier Nokuthala Pete has resigned.
This is a massive success for the people of Paarl, but also for South Africans that say no to racism. SAPS must be fully focussed on combating crime, serving all South Africans without racial or ideological bias.
@IanCameron23
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“The gang rape of eight women in Westville, Krugersdorp is horrific,” said
@IanCameron23
, director of community safety at Action Society. “This is the legacy of cadre deployment, which destroyed crime intelligence and preventative measures in SAPS.”
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Q2 2022/23
#CrimeStats
Murder: 🔺13.6%
Sexual Offences: 🔺11%
Attempted Murder: 🔺19.4%
Assault GBH: 🔺15.8%
Common Assault: 🔺19.5%
Common Robbery: 🔺25%
Robbery Aggravating Circumstances: 🔺22%
Contact Crime Total:🔺18.5%
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The person suspected of strangling and killing reverend Liezel de Jager on 13 October 2021 was traced and arrested by a team from the National Cold Case Investigation Unit under the Command and Control of Brigadier Gininda in the early hours of 23 November 2023 in Bloemfontein,
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“We believe Brigadier Nokuthala Pete would been sacked had she not resigned and this is a massive success for the people of Paarl, but also for South Africans that say no to racism. It is a success for organisations that stood together and said NO to her behaviour as a so-called
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Premier of Gauteng,
@Lesufi
, needs to explain why he thinks it is a priority to repurpose funds previously aimed at sustaining starving children and elderly citizens and indicate how much money he thinks is fair and necessary to maintain these programmes.
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PRESS RELEASE | Action Society refuses to sit down and shut up about crime – Cele forcefully throws Cameron from community meeting.
@News24
@eNCA
@SABCNews
@IanCameron23
@kaylynnpalm
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“Rumour has it that Ramaphosa is considering David Mahlobo or Fikile Mbalula as possible future leaders in SAPS. If more ANC cadres are deployed within security agencies, further bloodshed is guaranteed.” - Action Society spokesperson
@IanCameron23
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Action Society calls for removal of rapist Kannaland mayor.
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“If we are to build a SAPS with the ability to effectively fight crime & protect citizens, we can’t have a 70-year-old ANC veteran as a leader. We need a competent career official along with a qualified police management team to rectify the state of policing.” -
@IanCameron23
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“In terms of South African law and the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the SANDF has no jurisdiction to inhibit the victims or any individual from expressing their views or recounting their experiences outside of work hours and off military premises," says Daniël Eloff, Action
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Next time you leave your home, beware, Bheki Cele & co. released 100 000 of the most dangerous criminals back onto the streets without taking their DNA samples. This means that if they re-offend the chances of them being linked to other serious crimes fall dramatically.
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FRONT PAGE NEWS OF
@dailymaverick
At least 96,875 rapists, murderers and sex offenders were released and we don’t have their DNA on file.
@PresidencyZA
and two ministers have 30 days to fix a catastrophic forensic DNA legislative blunder.
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The security company G4S, responsible for letting convicted murderer, rapist and fraudster Thabo Bester escape, should pay the R1,4 million it took to fly him back into South Africa.
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“The South African police service is likely the biggest supplier of illicit guns in South Africa. They are providing these weapons to the largest criminal networks in South Africa and they are complicit in the murders of innocent South Africans”. This statement comes from
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WATCH | Part 2
Action Society Director of Community Safety
@IanCameron23
at the community meeting between the Police Ministry and residents of Nyanga and Gugulethu today.
Video credit:
@kaylynnpalm
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PRESS RELEASE | Action Society calls for manhunt for abuser caught on video.
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Another proud
#WeWillNotShutUp
supporter, David Scott (aka
@TheKiffness
). What an incredible pleasure to have this book so well received!
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President
@CyrilRamaphosa
says GBV and femicide is a ‘second pandemic’, and calls on South Africans to join the fight against it.
If the President was serious about protecting women and children, he would have sacked Minister Bheki Cele.
#SONA2024
#SONA
#CeleMustGo
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PRESS RELEASE | Action Society supports calls for Cele to be fired with these 10 reasons.
#CeleMustGo
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PRESS RELEASE | Action Society to assist
#BlueLightMafia
victim to lay criminal and civil charges in viral police brutality case; Action Society demands that SAPS VIP division must be banned.
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Action Society joining the march to the office of Police Minister Bheki Cele today, to demand his removal from office.
#CeleMustGo
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It appears that the Minister of Police frequently lacks answers to pertinent questions. If Cele had been the CEO of a company, shareholders would have demanded his hat a very long time ago.
#CeleMustGo
. Sign the petition.
News24 | Nearly 4 000 cops arrested for various crimes still at work – Cele does not know why
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Police Minster Bheki Cele has been ordered to apologise for his “shut up” comments during an imbizo in Cape Town last year against Action Society leader Ian Cameron.
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Action Society has instructed our legal team to prepare a complaint that will be filed with
@IPID_ZA
. The charges that should be investigated include attempted murder, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, intimidation and pointing a firearm.
#BlueLightMafia
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