Johannesburg - Police Minister Bheki Cele says he is not at liberty to comment on whether the ban of the sale of alcohol and cigarettes will be lifted at the end of the level 4 lockdown.The ban of the sale of alcohol and tobacco products has been in place since the national lockdown began on March 27, 57 days ago.
A week later, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced that the National Coronavirus Command Council had decided to keep the sales ban in place, citing health risks Cele was asked about his thoughts on whether the ban on alcohol and tobacco products would continue under level 3 following a report that the issue had led to a debate at a recent NCCC meeting.
Cele also clarified that people would not be arrested if they were seen smoking cigarettes in their homes. He said if a person was seen out in public smoking the police would request that the person provide a receipt showing when and where the cigarettes were purchased.
Marttwit Instead of fighting corruption in his department his wants receipts for cigarettes
Why don't you monitor the crime in the country
Marttwit 😅😅😅😅don't you have something better to do with your life,please wipe off the BS what comes oit of your mouth to youe mask,or repalce the mask😄😄😄😄😄
Let me get this straight. In the middle of the lockdown you banned smoking, people bought enough according to the date of the end of the lockdown that the ANC government gave.CyrilRamaphosa said that would change, the next day Zuma said no and now you want receipts? WITAF? 🤡
Pathetic I can’t believe this moron is in charge of the police. It begs the questions “What is the end game here” “What do all these politicians have on each other”
Is this the cops are acting so faulty. This guy is their boss. Since when did the police become SARS.
Sorry office NDZ son does not issue receipts
How can a man who does not understand the basic principles of the legal system be minister of police?
Most STUPID statement I've ever heard! It is legal to smoke! Dont bring an illegal thing into a legal thing. Cops can only arrest seller/buyer in the act, nothing else. Don't make your own law. Bring cops we must sue the police department & hang it dry! Dont know what you doing!
Minister Cele has completely lost the plot and the courts will not forget. Ridiculously irresponsible statement even for him.
I wonder if my neighbor has receipts to supply after I bumped her for an entjie. 🙄
Starting when? And whilst your people are out, ask them to enforce all the pre-Covid Laws and by-Laws too - as they should unrelentingly be doing!
2 huge idiots on a power trip
The smugglers will just sell fake receipts with the cigarettes
Receipts ...yes .like for Nkandla ...Or wait I left my at Saxonworld ..when I went for an interview for Minister
Stupidity is infinitely more interesting than intelligence, intelligence has its limits, stupidity has none. Cele’s thinking is a wonderful illustration of what Claude Chabrol meant when he said it.
This man is mad.
receipts , but why mara
They can ..but it is not a law that you have to have a receipt .
smoke this bhuti
Pepper Spray
This Mad Hatter is off his Rocker.
Drunk in power
all corrupt the enriching themselves government loosing billions and profit going to them
General, please go to Mannenburg, stop one of the gang members who are smoking, and ask him for a slip. I want to see something.
So am I correct in saying not one single person in cabinet are a smoker PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa or drinker SAPoliceService Abramjee strange policeman drive around and smoke no problem. Someone with the surname Cele and NDZ must wake up and grow up
The fact that these idiotic utterances are allowed to go unchecked speaks volumes about the people who put him there in the first pace. Hlaudi was no different...
Lol I'm not even a smoker but this is too much now.
Under what law was that again?
Message to all smokers find a receipt from before lock down !!! 🖕
Is there anyone on this thread, who is a) calm enough to see this b) an actual lawyer who is well versed in constitutional law C) can tell us: IS THIS LEGAL?
CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA really are we back 40 years now ... this is pathetic
Until recently it was illegal to sell undies too. Imagine they pulled over motorists to check for panties, and receipts. Let's ignore for a sec how stupid both these rules were to begin with and think how outrageous that would be! They can actually just fuck right off with this.
It's risky to sell alcohol, but it's okay for our kids to go to school. 🤔🤔our government
Has the SA govt gone mad? They have been unable to police corruption, capital crimes and violence against women now they want to police cigarette purchases?
Only when he learn to read, we might consider it. This is a democratic country, so you can't force the people to stop.
MasekoThembaJ This is karyn's headlines, but people want to tell us that we have diverse media, that IOL is different
What crap is this now- what you going to do if the person does not have a receipt- pls just stop talking crap
We will see him in court. 😉
This is a sick joke. Really. Going around asking smokers to produce slips? Wakanda nonsense is that?
Cele u n t
Smoking is not a crime. But how can someone be a smoker without smokes? If a smoker is caught with cigarettes or smoking he can be charged. Irrational madness.
Big Joke !
CeleMustFall
Belaglik
Undosi uyaphaphalaza manje who keeps those slips
Oh ya. Because we all keep every single receipt. Especially cigarette receipts. Because they have always come in handy before. 🙄
This is beyond stupid
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
This is what happens when things are not well thought through and rules are made up on the fly. Do the right thing and allow the public to make submissions on your proposed strategies such as this one.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The whole minister! We live in hilarious times... zol
Ndosi✊
It seems like this is the plan for ministerial speeches lately: 1) Say something about facts, but don't really have proof of the facts. 2) Say something controversial to take attention away from factless facts 3) Flex a muscle just so the public knows who is in charge Sarcasm
TheCouncilWolf And receipt for police headquarters rentals...are they necessary you ...
ThugInAHat takes the lead in the Peak Stupid race from Crop Bottom Patel. lt's gonna be close.
They can but it is not law that you must carry receipts with your Dompass
Cele, Zuma PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa, Your people are busy pissing the country off, you guys are pissing on our human rights, as my father always say'you pushed him to hard mr President, your people is going to cause an up rise of lawlessness, ons is gatvol
Ay foot sek man...
Shocking. Dafuq must we find receipts from 2 months back?
The man is a dribbling imbecile.
WTF! 😡
The worst scum that even the ANC could create.
This one is smoking something stronger than cigarette, Cigarette slip? Psychiatric evaluation should be his first stop, Water has leaked in to some sensitive components upstairs.
Could someone rid us of this bothersome lunatic.
Can these idiots in the police read receipts
Then he should have said that the day of the ban. Too late. Oh but wait they make up the rules as they go, like toddlers
So they give slip when buying lose draw?
So distant from reality, take ur hat out, maybe ull get some brains
That sounds good was this the corrupt prick that had leases off his mates for police headquarters
jmtros What an absolute cretin!
Why would anyone need to keep a receipt of an item that has no guarantee or warranty beyond the exit?
Please tell him to go to hell..
Make your own till slips. Also claim VAT on fake transactions. Fight your war and revolt with tax fraud.
Cele CyrilRamaphosa One more example of the petty mindedness of this govt. Why are they incapable of seeing the bigger picture, & learn to prioritize what’s actually important. Imagine using SAPS resources to enforce this instead of chasing real criminals! Ludicrous insanity!
This is becoming totally unacceptable! Drunk on power!
Tomorrow it will be receipts for people seen with drinks in their hands on social media.
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Bheki Cele has climbed to the very top of dumbass mountain!
No court will find any person guilty if a receipt could most be produced, only one reason needed; 'At the time I bought the sigarettes it was not compulsory for me to retain it for future evidence'. The burden is on the state to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Shouldn't he be is jail?
Selling and distribution of tobacco is prohibited, BUT theres no regulation in the nda stating purchase or use of cigarettes are illegal. Read trough the entire thing twice. Definitely not included there.
No receipt! Mbophe!!!!
Bathong smoking has been causing cancer, there is no cure for cancer, but it was never banned. This doesn't make sense
Receipt from whom, I bought mine days before the lockdown, am I expected to ,still, have the corresponding receipt everywhere I go? My understanding is that restrictions were on those that sells them and not those that smoke.
Is Minister Cele saying we must laminate all receipts & keep them in our pockets? What nonsense is the ANC government doing? They must be voted out next year. I have plenty of cigars & alcohol. Can Ndosi show us receipts for the damn hats?
😂😂 this is a joke now
Here's a copy of my most recent receipt if anyone wants to save it and show the coppers later
MasekoThembaJ This is really pushing it now. Secure the borders and stop abusing citizens
And what if the slip was also smoked what then
😝
So they gonna have to walk around with till slips in their pockets 😂🤣🤣 o mo godimo ga bone
Police minister Bheki Cele can now, with respect, go and fornicate himself.
😅😅😅
Sure, because I kept receipts of my vape products from 2 months ago. Since when is this law? Cele has shown to be mad with power since lockdown, and is becoming more and more insane with each passing moment. This isn't about the law anymore, it is about ego.
He is now smoking alone
I'm selling receipts. My price is 10 % of what you paid for your smokes, I'll give a receipt as well
lockdownSA covid19SA theancisalegacyofapartheid
After 2 months at home, smoking from your stash, aquired 50+ days ago, who still has a receipt for the smokes, another well developed idea.
Ffs.
Policeman will hmget a pk finished and klaar
Let’s defy the laws of “justice” in the same context as the ANC breach the constitutional rights of the legal citizens of South Africa
Whatever he is smoking I also want some. If you take an old receipt of anything that you bought do you think he could read it ?
This is now not a powertrip anymore. You now will have to scratch vir jou entjie receipts wat jy weggooi as jy die entjies oopmaak. Bheki Cele is mal befok! En as hulle jou vang in jou yard roek, gan hulle jou seke moer soos die arme Mr. Khosa. Se gat man!
We are tired of this crap!!
Daar is altyd 'n drol in die drinkwater.
Piss drunk on perceived power. What a puss!
Jy is n poes.
Time to take Cyril up on his offer, time to take the government to court. Where do I make my donation?
طيب حاليا المكاتب مقفلة مافي حل من الموقع
O tswere ke sbabo O yena
Receipts 🙈😂😂😂
Time that he step down. Enough is enough
This person fired by zuma of all people for corruption is truly a vulture's arsehole !
honestly think they're winding us up so that when they do allow it under level 3, they're seen as heroes
Bheki Cele tell your wife and kids to bring receipts in your house we are not kids period
sure.
Daar word meer geworry oor cigarettes en alcohol, los dat ons rook, dus ons besluit. Gee meer aandag wat saak maak COVID19 and people that are struggling.
I swear I'd petrol-bomb the police station if I were to be arrested for smoking 🤞
dlaminizumamustfall and Cele is enjoying this PoliceStateSA. We agreed to surrendere our civil liberties for 21 days. Now it's day57oflockdown , time to take it back.
Seniyahlanya ke manje 😂😂😂😂
Get stuffed ANC
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 un - fucking - believable 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cele is running mad, people must go around with receipt, they are drunk of power and controlling us as their kids
Don't you have better things to do, like feeding your starving voters?
Phezu kwabo Ndosi. 😂
Receipt please or i am not buying..
Fokkit, die ou is dom jong...
🤣
Yours is to deal with criminals thst have been terrorising the SAns and Drugs,as for Liquor&Cigarettes,We are proudly and comfortable with the manner in which Mma Dlamini-Zuma has been handling the matter. Stay in your Lane.
CyrilRamaphosa your appointee, Minister of Police Bheki Cele is mentally unstable. Get rid of him before more harm is done. How many more deaths are going to be on your conscience?
They do it already here. So what's new! He is making sure we know the power is in his hands!
Circus
Why don't you monitor the crime in the country
Huh!!!!
Fuck him
The spaza shop owner I bought from is at home on Somalia how do I get my tax invoice now . Can I set up a zoom meeting for this ? Just asking
I feel like such a child
SAgovnews PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa .. This is really becoming some sort of a circus . Parliament is closed so now u want to entertain us with your lock down rules and regulations . PLEASE RETIRE ...
Lol you can let go of that plan together with the ridiculous mustache
Cele you and Dlamini-Zuma is totally bizarre and obsessed with your new found positions of feeling important. Under normal circumstances you cannot control anything, now you misuse your power under disguise of COVID 19, shamefull
Really I must get a receipt for my stash I bought at the beginning of the lockdown how exactly this is ridiculous
Dessie163 Please reveal your bank balance as well as Ndz wtf is wrong with these two ..on a power trip.
By the time level 1 comes around maybe his mustache will be fully grown
bekicele and if I bought it 7 weeks ago? How the fuck must we show a receipt for a packet of cigarettes.... what communism is this. How many murder cases did you resolve during the last 7 weeks? How many innocent people did you arrest during the last 7 weeks?
My question is after the ban of alcohol what will they do with the alcohol and tobacco stores in police station
Clearly we did not vote for freedom I South Africa eyakho bheki Cele no nkosazana zuma
.......... and if I bought the smokes 7 weeks ago? I do not have the receipt.. what communism is this? dlaminizumamustfall
This is now becoming a joke😂😂😂😂
Deal with the supplier not the smokers same police officers are the ones who are helping smugglers to smuggle Mazzotti cigarettes in the country
So the illegal cigarettes and alcohol sales will continue to grow much stronger before Pinocchio announces the lockdown level, the police minister has so little knowledge of what happens on the Black market then I'm worried....it means our intelligence is in the dark too
When you can't be effective in your job you find meaningless shit to make you seem busy.
U sure of that Cele! Come u know the law...you sure if that!
This is absolute horse shit. Enough is enough
Are we in Russia?
My goeie fok...hierdie hele KLUG raak net al hoe meer belaglik!
Wanya
This is worst than the apartheid regime
I think corona affect the mind of some politicians now
rylandfisher Nou moet almal hul entjies skelmpies in die toilet moet rook soos skool dae😂 Ag nee wat, dis belaglik.
The world should see this😂 let them join in and see what a joke NCC is😂 BBCWorld cnni please tell the rest of the world how SAn's are being made a fool of, look at what we are supposed to call leadership🙌😂 please tag as many news agencies as possible
Until it is legislated he has no right to demand proof of purchase. They have no basis to confiscate smokes until then. So much energy spent on this by them on this issue rather than fighting something they cant get to grips with
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
same police are smoking in public what u gnna do abt them
Craziness
Receipts? 😂 SMSP
🤪💩 Cele as you are close to NDZ could you request her family and friends to issue same in order to be compliant
UNFUCKINGBELEIVABLE 🤓
This is insane. So my taxes are going to paying police to do this?
Im done with this lock down rules, go out and see the amounts of people and vehicles on the roads? We must stay indoors. No smoke or drink. Unhuman new Rules daily, from 'experts' who are non-smokers. 😑
Uyanya lona sizoke sbone lombudane yakhe izophelelaphi
The smoking of cigarettes is NOT illegal, define 'out in public' If I'm in my car I'm not in public
Minister,you dont have to complicate things,Cigarettes a big No No,with or without a receipt.
This man is a f&king nut job!! 👆🏻 If it wasn't so sad, it would actually be funny. Gobsmacked ... Get a life GenBheki_Cele Time for you and that Zuma creature to retire.
This becoming too much now. Someone on here said these idiots would go further with their power mongering since they've tasted it. I disagreed with them citing 'democracy'. WTF, I was wrong, it seems they just not abt to let go of their new found power.
Outrageous.
Yeah and tax payers want life style audits on all ANC government in parliament published you work for us we don't work for you we pay your salaries you don't pay taxpayers
Rich from a force that cannot arrest farm murderers
Going to ask murders for receipts on their weapons as well. Oh wait that's right, we don't catch criminals anymore, only taxpaying citizen's.
This shit is getting out of hand! Can we please organise a big fat pin to burst their power bubble?
What a fucken joke these people have become!!!
The onus then is to prove innocence, and not for law to prove beyond the reasonable doubt. Is is not unlawful to possess, only purchase... They need to prove it. Looking forward to the 1st case in court. Will take the day off to hear this one
You want to arrest the innocent who dont have receipt for cigarettes but free 19000 criimals . Focus on real criminals unless u are scared of them.
Tell Cele to f off. I don't have to produce. He who alleges must prove so f that. Tell him we are getting gatvol of him and his fat bee quota police. The people will make him pay at the ballot and like the old np politicians he may be asked to account. SAPoliceService
Oh FFS stop treating your people like 4yr olds
Fook die regering maak my so die blou bliksem in met hulle kinderagtigheid en power trips. 😡😡😡😡
😂😂😂😂 Bheki and Nkosazana are having a rap battle honestly
I don't smoke cigarettes. But if I did I would have bought all of it 5 years ago. What receipts ?
Is he serious. Who keeps till slips anyway even if it was bought before lockdown. I would go to court with him. It is case of what the reasonable man would do. Onus is on them to prove that it was illegaly bought. He is shooting from the hip
That is inlawful. A citizen does not have to produce proof of purchase for a packet of smokes. What BS. Last time I looked we were a free nation. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
If you need booze or cigarettes, go to your nearest police station and ask for sales
The circus are back in town yho 🤦🏽♀️ 🤡 🤡 🤡
Is this man a mental case? Is this what people signed up for when they became police, for goodness sake it beggars belief!
dlaminizumamustfall does this Fukc know that what they are doing is a torture and a crime against humanity?! They are contravening the constitution and the Bill of Rights for Gods sake! What is wrong with this Nazi MYANC ?!
Ridiculous
So, who keeps receipts for cigarettes? If you bought cartons before lockdown, will Cele's thugs arrest you for not producing a receipt? What nonsense.
We threw them away long time! While people were panic buying some of us panic bought cigarettes! Ngathi seziyamshiya manje lo
I am sure we can get a good lawyer and crowd fund a case against these doeses because BATPress and JTI_global don’t seem to have a back bone after all the support we have given them over all these years
Yes yes Good
That same police officers are not that stupid. They are there for crime prevention not people who smoke cigarettes or drinking alcohol
What a joke
Not legally required. Lawsuit
Lord please give me strength for these idiots grrr.
It's not practical though, what if I had bought before lockdown in anticipation of what is to come. Must I still have a receipt or should I go around with it
I wonder who is keeping registers of all the confiscated cigarette and booze. Will they be held accountable for the goods?
They clearly want civil war
Lol 😂😂😂😂
So if one bought enough before lockdown, you can’t carry it without proof of purchase?
And what will happen if they don’t have receipts?
Lidom eli khehle, but qhubani... clap for him
This Nazi is going berserk!
Here's a bright idea for you MYANC - ban smoking in public until level 1, and make sales legal again- now you're going to spend man power on checking for receipts Unbelievable
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