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Media verklaring - 06 Julie 2022
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Bheki Cele is verby sy vervaldatum!
Verklaring deur Jan Bosman
Hoofsekretaris van die Afrikanerbond
- Bheki Cele is verby sy vervaldatum – Sy woede uitbarsting en tirade toon dat hy nie meer geskik is nie – Hoe lank moet die minister nog geduld word?
Ons het opnuut weer kennis geneem van die polisieminister Bheki Cele se tirade teenoor ʼn lid van die burgerlike samelewing. Dit sluit aan by sy soortgelyke uitbarsting by ʼn ander openbare veiligheidsbyeenkoms in Normandien in KwaZulu-Natal in September 2020 en waar hy ook met woede gereageer het en emosioneel gemeenskappe teen mekaar opgesweep het.
Terwyl hy predik oor menseregte en dan in ʼn woede uitbarsting reageer, tree hy en sy polisiebeamptes op soos die karikatuur wat mens verwag van ʼn diktator wat onaanvaarbaar is in ʼn grondwetlike demokrasie. Misdaad is ʼn algemene probleem in alle gemeenskappe en mense het frustrasies in die hantering of nie-hantering daarvan. As die minister ernstig is oor konsultasie met mense om oplossings te vind, sou hy luister na almal in die Wes-Kaap en alle sfere van regering betrek. Duidelik gebeur dit om politieke redes nie.
Die minister het lankal sy vervaldatum bereik en doen die posisie waarin hy dien geen eer aan nie. Netso is sy struggle verlede lankal nie meer relevant nie en dit gee hom geen spesiale status nie. Dit is nou huidige resultate wat tel en nie sy verlede nie. Die minister was in die vergadering in ʼn hoek gedryf deur die gebrekkige optrede van die polisie wat aan hom uitgewys is en het hy duidelik die aandag probeer aflei deur die uitbarsting.
Mens sidder om te dink watter besluite hy neem tydens die woedeuitbarstings. Duidelik is Bheki Cele nie opgewasse vir die taak nie en kan nie langer in die belangrike portefeulje geduld word nie.
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Statement by Jan Bosman
Chief Secretary of the Afrikanerbond
- Bheki Cele is past his expiry date - His anger outburst and tirade show he is no longer fit - How much longer must the minister be tolerated?
We once again took note of the tirade by Police Minister Bheki Cele against a member of the public. This is in line with his similar outburst of anger at another public safety rally in Normandien, KwaZulu-Natal in September 2020, where he also reacted with anger, whipping up emotions and inciting communities against each other.
While preaching about human rights and then reacting in a fit of rage, he and his police officials reflect the stereotypical caricature of a dictator which is unacceptable in a constitutional democracy. Crime is a common problem in all communities and people are frustrated with how it is dealt with, or not dealt with. If the minister were serious about consulting with people to find solutions, he would listen to everyone in the Western Cape and involve all spheres of government. Clearly this is not happening, for political reasons.
The minister is far past his expiry date and does not honour the position in which he serves. Similarly, his struggle past has long since ceased to be relevant and does not afford him any special status. It is now current results that count, and not his past. The minister was pushed into a corner in the meeting when the flawed actions of the police were pointed out to him, and he evidently tried to divert attention by the outburst.
One shudders to think what decisions he makes during such outbursts of anger. Clearly, Bheki Cele is not up to the task and can no longer be tolerated in this important portfolio.
