Bheki Cele orders top cop probe into Mpumalanga premier mask slip

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Police minister Bheki Cele has ordered an investigation into the circumstances around Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane not wearing a mask at the funeral of late minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu.

“If South Africa wants to beat this invisible enemy which is Covid, we simply can’t let our guard down. This is why I have spoken to the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Khehla Sitole, to look into the matter of the premier and an investigation must be conducted and necessary action must be taken," said Cele.

Cele reminded all South Africans that the wearing of a mask in public is mandatory for every person under the adjusted alert level 3 lockdown regulations. Any person who fails to comply with a verbal instruction by a law enforcement officer to wear a mask commits an offence, and is, upon conviction, liable to a fine or a period of imprisonment, not exceeding six months or both.Her office said in a statement: “Upon arrival at the cemetery and disembarking from her vehicle, the premier’s mask was somehow damaged and she was oblivious of that when it fell. She thought it was intact as it was the case throughout.

 

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What are they investigating exactly

What is it to investigate she was not wearing a musk but if it low class person could have been arrested on the scene

Investigate what exactly?

'Sisayophenya'

Bheki Cele was going around the whole country terrorising SAns about getting criminal records if they don't obey ANC covid-19 laws, now he is scratching his head instead of effecting arrest of refilwe mtsweni like he was loudly announcing just typical ANC ministers.

'CIRCUMSTANCES?' ' Top cop probe?' Whatever for? She was seen in public by many not wearing a mask. What is there to investigate? That is why the country is in the state it's in. These clowns cannot punish their own. BCele 🥳 must be dumped as Min of Pol. Crime in SA has soared..

The live blow show

Has he launched investigations for all the other people which was arrested for not wearing a mask.

What needs investigation? Watch the video, make the arrest. Or are SAPS SAPoliceService going to turn this into another Senzo Meywiwa “investigation”?

This man is a joke. Just looking at him makes you lol. What terrible ministers we have in SA.

I get fined for speeding using photographic evidence. Surely these morons can look at pictures and charge the mask offender.

Investigate what exactly 💔😂! I mean what's there to investigate!! SouthAfrica

Mhhhhh sokhe sbone🤔

This man uses only 60% of his brain.Investigate what?

When will the task team be allocated to investigate cyclone Eloise?

Unobandlululo lobaba

She already admitted that she didn't know her mask fell off.

Will the rest of us also be allowed an investigation before arrest in future?

This is just a PR stunt nothing will happen

What's there to investigate

But the police officers were there watching 🤦🏾‍♀️

Investigate, ya neh Money talks povety walks. When you arw ANC you are the law and the law is you. Arrest her like every one else

Nothing to investigate except this being another wasteful expenditure...

At a 'super spreader' event. Shameful!

Investigate why the police present did not arrest the perpetrator

Ooh my God, how did we get here How did we stoop this low maea!🙆. Nooo no no nooo! 😖😖😩😩🤧 What happened to us as Society?

The clown who only shouts and scream at ordinary people, particularly black people

Why investigation because it is clear that she had no mask on , Jaah neh emzansi 🙆🙆😠

What about Ace!

Pure nonsense! Investigate how she couldn’t feel the mask was off🙄 really now

So now uNdosi wants to arrest the 'circumstances' and not the Premier. Usenza izlima lo baba

We can fool ourselves all we want but we aren’t equal before the LAW. The sooner we accept that the better for our sensitive HEARTS

We all know that nothing will happen to the Premier 🙌

Why don't these idiots start investigating serious things like drug lords and criminals and not mask slips.

There is nothing to investigate here

Abuse of state funds by Cele.., he must be fired for being useless..

I was arrested for having passengers in the back of my bakkie who had musks on their necks..they were 2..i was forced to pay R1000 fine..please arrest her as well and stop undermining us we are not fools..my matter didnt even go thru investigation

U trying to flattering us right 🙄 investigate what... U wanna make up report saying she is under doctors precautions She was ordered to know wear a must for chest pains? 🤔 Or related hard breath problem? 🤔

and in the picture, as in most pictures, he has his mask pulled down

Go investigatiwa eng kaor evidence is there🙄

Investigation Video on National TV.

Bheki Cele u are 😊 on that leave this 😷 alone ppls r dying day by day we ned a solution as Africans u r worried about this stupid things. Look we are loosing 😊 ppls but u focusing on ppls not wearing 😷 crime is very high so tell this gov too open a country before it too late

Investigate what exactly, ah come on Cele we are not children man

What is there to investigate? 🤔

But when you arrested that young man in Kwamashu, u didn't investigate...

Pay me R20K to do the investigation? There is video and photographs, she did not wear a mask and should get a criminal record like other citizens you accost. Let me know where I coud pick up my payment, please.

If yall were really serious about anything. You'd give pressure to the actual National Commissioner. Instead you Twitter folk are heavily fixated on this agenda against Bheki Cele.

This this charcoal bhekicele_rsa to shove his investigation we know that's code for 'there will be no arrest' like Senzo Meyiwa's case!

Can he also investigate why SAPS is not compliant with the Domestic Violence Act?

Can someone walk me through investigating someone not wearing a mask please 🤣🤣. Why didn’t the president call her into order immediately right there The President 🤡 His cabinet 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Let me investigate. I'll send you the invoice.

Probe? Wasn't he there to issue arrest orders? What a confused tyrant.

Arrest her and how many people were at the funeral ?

Its a waste of state money,thrres drugs,rspe ,robberies ,corruption and killing,he can just send obe cop to take her in.

He should also prove the 60+ cars that were there, 60 cars is more than 50 people required

Mxim

Investigation ya masimba 😠

Investigate? What an asshole. A worthy investigation would be the location of your brain if you had one! Hey is that hat bullet proof...? Asking for a friend...

Cele whys she was not arrested? If it was some one you where gonna bring cameras and do a show day but because is one of yours idiots she was allowed inside at the presences of the big idiot Ramaphosa

I was fkn arrested and now have a criminal record , AND THIS ONE , ABOVE THE LAW , A COVID19 TERRORIST and COVID19 SUPER SPREADER be carefull of her !!!!!!!!

Investigation ya eng cz xe was not wearing her mask .....

Investigate circumstances around as if there is. A valid excuse why she wouldn't wear a mask?

Maybe she has already been vaccinated 🤷‍♂️

It is only an offence if the Premier failed to comply with a verbal instruction from a police officer to wear it. The premise of Bheki Cele’s investigation is wrong. Question should be why was the Premier not ordered by SAPoliceService to wear a mask. Eloise ivermectine

Really? Investigate what? Now he's trying to protect her, they will investigate and the outcome will be she was suffocating that's why she took off her mask.

Thipi13 Even Deputy President reminded her in the hall to wear her mask

Good.

Minister Cele no investigation for mpumalanga premier, you need to fair to all south Africans, no one is above the law, she must face criminal record just like everyone who failed to adhere the regulations

waste of time. she apologized nje.

What's to probe? Bottom line.... She wasn't wearing a mask.Cele treat her as you would everyone else.

Investigation for what ? When people are not wearing masks outside you arrest them . We all know these investigations end up nowhere.

Investigation 😂🤣😂🤣am happy am not ANC voter tjerrr

If you watch a lot of Netflix movies- these ANC mafia operates like Escobar

Do we really even need to talk about these stupid jerks! These people can't even afford to buy us the Covid-19 vaccine 😂😂😂😂. They got it as a donation- so where is he going to get the money for this mf 'investigation'

Some are more equal than others Animal farm. Most are merely grabbed and arrested, and others are given a chance to be understood. KwaMashuPraisesJesusGospelChoir

What for? She clearly broke the law. No investigation needed

He was on paraffin spread to arrest the powerless citizens when all this lockdown started but now he wants to spare one of their own

The young boy was embarrassed and arrested right on the spot but we saw a police hugging a Premier that was not wearing a mask in public

What's there to investigate some people get arrested there and there on the streets

Bheki Cele what are you investigating when the hole country saw her on national TV without a mask

Treat her the way you treat every South African citizen when we not wearing our masks , she must be charged just like all our brothers and sisters who were charged. There is nothing to investigate

Turbo charged Animal Farm, 'Some Animals Are Extremely More Equal Than The Others

People have mouths to feed imagine you as a constable telling a whole minister to put on a mask

This is exactly what happening with the police in general, someone kill someone broad day light but there will be saying we still investigating but only to find that the perpetrator is not even arrested because he is a Nigerian or he pays the bribe to the police

Why not order an arrest like he does to ordinary citizens

😂😂😂yeah right... this man is a joke

This one likes attention ,probe for what where in the covid restrictions does it says they will probe should you be found not wearing a mask?

Investigate what excatly?

Please cele investigate

Save the tax payers some money and just look at the videos doing the rounds.

😂😂😂😂 It fun how people in power protected in South Africa

What’s to Investigate bcos we saw her. This just shows that this Morons plays with our Minds.

Investigate😱 why not arrest? U don't investigate b4 arresting us.

Aaaaah 'investigate'

Seriously! Circumstances of not wearing a Mask. No investigation required, the evidence is in plain sight.

Cele proved the twitter streets right....he never dissapoints

Bheki wee go arrest her why investigation,Did you investigate our brothers n Sisters by the u arrest them for not wearing mask?AgggANC...

What investigation? Just arrest!

Investigate what she had no mask, it didn't magically fall off. She needs to be disciplined

What's there to investigate? Corona etshwara Bheki cele neng mara

Animal farm..... The gorevenmt the people voted for...if you voted for this government don't complain..

Investigation? 😏😏😏

Oho.

You people are playing with our minds😞

If u stil gona vote for ths ANC u the biggest fool ever

Investigation for what coz we have the video...come on Cele

She should have worn her mask the moment she felt that she was breathing fresh air. No one forgets to wear a mask. NoExcuses AnimalFarm SAPoliceService

Toothless

EFFSouthAfrica please help is it ok to investigate a leader for not wearing a mask while we get orders that we should wear a mask and our brothers in Kasi are getting arrested and fined for not wearing a mask they not investigated, please help FloydShivambu

They wound,investigate you if they find you not wearing a mask.

mnciiimm, we hv a stupid virus tht does nt knw wher to hit, u knw

We have corruption, we have GBV, we have human trafficking but top cops are assigned to investigate a mask

how does Cele investigate the obvious 🤷‍♀️. the untouchables neh

Investigate what? Mnxm! If I were Khehla Sithole, I would respond with one sentence; “I don’t investigate nonsense.”

This government is full of drama,what is there to investigate?,arrest her right away fullstop......de regulations says so..

Attention seeker

Why not arrest her?

Investigate for what?

Investigate what exactly when the evidence is in plain sight?

Also on nurse Mavis, allowing food in Covid ward?

Even the stupid covid19 doesn't deal decisively with Covid19-vandals.... guess it takes long to investigate, instead of just 🔨ing but us covid19 sheeps, the more we comply the faster the pain...

Your investigation is not important to us...... Maskless premier must be arrested like our brothers.

A father was arrested with no investigation going to get formula for his baby, come on CyrilRamaphosa all Cele needs to do is issue a warrant of arrest for the Premier.

The entire South Africa saw that person not wearing a mask and then you're going to tell SAns investigate circumstances' I wonder how many you have asked for circumstances for not wearing a mask. This is a clear insult to the whole South Africa.

MYKAPTENI Arrest her Malum Ndosi, if not President must recall her and you for failing to arrest, Deputy President gave her sign to wear a musk but she didn't adhere so what to investigate?

A few millions are going to used to investigate the premier. This is Africa my friend

There is no need for an investigation. She broke the law, now arrest her. Unless there's one law for the anc and one law for citizens. THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ANC IS SIMPLY NOT ABLE TO GOVERN IS INESCAPABLE.

Mxim.

WOW!.....BUT IF IT'S US NOT WEARING A MUSK, THERE'S NO INVESTIGATION!!!

Just because it's a government official and one of his own, he sends police commissioner to investigate but if it was an ordinary civilian he would have ordered an immediate arrest right there, during the funeral procession. What a hypocrite he is (Bheki Cele)

Forget these people are all friends no one will investigate the Premier 🤞🏾 actually what’s being investigated? She simple had no mask on 🤷🏿‍♂️

Investigation, hayi yithani niyaxoka; 😂🤣😂🤣 imagine them coming and saying 'she has some most amazing structure like musk nose hair that she doesn't need a musk for her nose and for the mouth no she didn't open it'

WTF...wat are they investigating when the whole country saw that on national TV ...mxm

A regular joe when they see him not wearing a mask it's back in the police van no investigation. Let's just say we are not equal infront of the law.

Nothing will happen they are above the law mxm...

It’s better for uDosi to keep quiet because we know there will be no outcome at the end of what is so called “ investigation “ ANC is law...seen before anc prominent members breaking and nothing happened, so even in this case nothing will happen...that’s how anc works

To be honest this is stupidity, you arrested a boy who told you with your police that he forgot his musk you didn't investigate that. But lo Aunt uzophenya yena ngoba enjani yena. Sithule siyabuka luyeza ukhetho. Im not voting for ANC anymore

Bheki Cele is abusing the police for their own internal battles why he was not in the funeral so that he himself would arrest ghe primier

She was even laughing as if she was attending a party! Investigate that too.we want a report on what was she happy for in the funeral.

Minister Cele SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED AS THE PROOF IS AVAILABLE IN THE PICTURE THAT WAS PUBLISHED. SO WHAT IS THE 'PROBE' about?

What is there to investigate

I think Ndosi must retire. What he is doing are the sins of ukuguga. He is no more that Bheki Cele that he was before.

Commission?

She explained what happened just accept her explanation as being truthful and forget it

Meaning of Investigations as defined by Bheki Cele methods Means the matter is disappear go into a black hole and for it to be never seen again . Alternatively will have lots of conspiracies taking us nowhere in resolving the case Demonstrated example SenzoMeyiwa case

How much is this going to cost

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ANC an imbecile political party, innocent people getting arrested and they humiliated for danm masks, but for the them there must be a stupid investigation Wow!

The nation will be relieved when Bheki Cele is dead .

All the people who were there must be tested and quarantined she can await her results in JAIL!!

Lmao the things ya'll make ministers focus on 🤣🤣🤣

So now he is playing Sherlock 🙄

I’m sure it will be a very thorough investigation, hopefully it won’t cost millions.............

Just shut the F up Bheki ..Go to hilbrow and leave silly things maan ,Grow up

She literally hugged a cop while not wearing a mask 🤯 while your officers are arresting people for being on beaches

These fools are concentrating on who does what there is a pandemic on the Cape flats called gangsterism causing this country to be number 1 in the world for most unnatural violent deaths the only thing we are number one for and they concentrate on this BS

Please investigate the white child without a mask next President Ramaphosa. Be fair and leave selective mentality Minister

mthodlam This is another reason I will never campaign for a Women to be the President of the Country. Never...

He must be joking 🤔🤔👀🙊🙊

What is being investigated She was not wearing a musk !! Finish and klaar ARREST her Plse!!!

Really, wow!

Useless article and abuse of state resources. We all saw her no need for an investigation, ANC continues to think we are stupid, they will learn the hard way 😡

Nonsense, investigation for what? Proof is everywhere 🤬🤬🤬wasting tax payers money 🤬🤬🤬CyrilRamaphosa she must be arrested

At last our minister is going to launch investigation on ally that doesnt wear mask...

how could you investigate something you soo live mara awa bheki cele

Ordinary citizens are arrested but politicians get investigated, hawu is there different rules in RSA

Arrest

Ababoshwe phela kulindwe bani noma kulindwe iphoyisa elisuka eThekwini six months emva kwe burglar indoda,we're all equal b 4 d law

More importantly what the f happened to bushiri and his case.

Order an investigation ? What a waste of resources just send 2 police officers to arrest the premier..i will help with the evidence if she doesn't want to sign an admission of guilt 😑😑

I will wait for the out come

They belong to the same ANC faction ayikho into ezokwenzakala

You must be joking,Is there a need to invistigate here?

Clown

Why investigation? Our people were arrested without investigation,so how special is this one who is in this position because of our votes?

Then you wonder why crime is sky rocketing.Wats there to investigate yet there is clear evidence.Well this proves some people are superior than others

Whats there to investigate, la bo swine

Two legs better. Hand over your smokes and your booze. You shall be sober while we take what's left of you

Mxm

Why ngathi we will need family emergency meeting for this matter 🤔? Investigation? Mask slips, Like those got arrested? She apologized that her mask slipped she wasn't aware ? Nah she is lying apology not accepted

Lmao investigation? Lol was that not clear enough? 💀

🤣🤣🤣

No investigation needed its clear she violated the Law .

Circumstances? Are members of the public allowed circumstances to be investigated if they are not wearing a mask?

Just charge her investigation for what

Lol investigate what exactly ntate Cele

Investigate .u arrested a dad last who tried to explain to your stupid police that he wanted to buy a formula for his newborn baby you didn't not wanna investigate him ..you arrested the man..arrest losisi ophaphile please don't try South Africans😶😶

🤣🤣🤣😂is this a joke

If useless was a person. You can't call an investigation on something which doesn't need one. The minister violated the regulation, she need to be arrested and charged or should we also do the same as ordinary citizens?

Are you talking about the guy in the picture? I love his mask.

How long will the investigation take? I mean we all saw that the premier was not wearing a mask TODAY 24/01/2021 - at least this part is not pending investigation

I thought it's a criminal offense to be in public without your mask, what is it that need to be investigated?

Shhh,Refilwe don't panic. Cele can't read. Ask Roux Shabangu. Cele was the commissioner then. shhhh. don't say it loud.

rubbish. we ordinary citizens are arrested on the spot but this moron is not arrested? investigation my voet

We are arrested,and they are investigated Bloody bloody

Really now?

Wow

Investigators for what exactly, this corrupt officials are just thinking for each other to protect each other and that's why even corruption will never end...because they protect each other. Why when it's us there's no investigation conducted for not wearing a mask

Yeah Cele... 😁😁

What. A. Joke.

Stop wasting resources, we all know that nothing will be done. Start doing proper police work.

Really now?a person is not wearing mask in public,what's there to investigate,?

We all equal b4 the law

Why investigate, when her transgressions were on display for the world to see Delay tactics.

.....whilst the looting goes on unabated

This must be a joke

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