{"id":11395,"date":"2012-06-12T23:09:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T21:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-1-s-africas-zuma-fires-scandal-hit-police-chief\/"},"modified":"2012-06-12T23:09:49","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T21:09:49","slug":"update-1-s-africas-zuma-fires-scandal-hit-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-s-africas-zuma-fires-scandal-hit-police-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-S.Africa’s Zuma fires scandal-hit police chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Peroshni Govender<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, June 12<\/span> (Reuters) – South African President
\nJacob Zuma sacked scandal-tainted police chief Bheki Cele on
\nTuesday, a rare dismissal of a senior figure from a government
\nplagued by perceptions of rampant corruption.<\/p>\n

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The firing comes just a year after Cele’s predecessor Jackie
\nSelebi was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 15 years in
\nprison.<\/p>\n

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Zuma announced his decision after the government’s
\ncorruption watchdog, the Public Protector, issued a report
\nsaying Cele’s involvement in acquiring police office space for
\nnearly $100 million was “improper, unlawful and amounted to
\nmaladministration”.<\/p>\n

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“The reports of the Public Protector and that of the Board
\nof Inquiry indicate deficiencies administratively, and in
\nparticular in relation to General Cele’s duties as an accounting
\nofficer,” Zuma said in a nationally televised address.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress and its
\ngoverning allies have said corruption in the ranks is eating
\naway at the integrity of the former liberation movement that has
\nruled since the end of apartheid in 1994.<\/p>\n

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Few believe Cele’s sacking will do much to reduce corruption
\nor end appointments based on patronage over ability.<\/p>\n

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Zuma has faced corruption charges but has never been
\nconvicted. An independent security study found more than a third
\nof the members of the ANC’s powerful National Executive
\nCommittee have faced corruption investigations or been convicted
\nof graft.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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