{"id":19702,"date":"2013-05-09T13:08:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T11:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cele-asked-to-assist-in-crime-fight\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T13:08:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T11:08:30","slug":"cele-asked-to-assist-in-crime-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cele-asked-to-assist-in-crime-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Cele asked to assist in crime fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/68365_1667295049.jpg\" alt=\"IOL nt bheki 2jpg\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">Independent Newspapers<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">The Umhlanga home of former police commissioner Bheki Cele  who has described the area as under siege  was robbed last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/crime-courts\/i-m-going-to-fight-crime-cele-1.1507914\">I\u2019m going to fight crime &#8211; Cele<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/politics\/break-in-at-bheki-cele-home-1.1507397\">Break-in at Bheki Cele home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/crime-courts\/cele-robbery-spurs-police-into-action-1.1510588\">Cele robbery spurs police into action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; More than 100 concerned uMhlanga residents gathered at the home of neighbour and former national police commissioner Bheki Cele this week to address escalating crime in their community. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cele said a community group had been formed and officials elected to drive the group\u2019s anti-crime initiatives. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">But, on Wednesday night, the former top cop declined to elaborate on the meeting, or on crime in the area, and referred all questions to resident Gail Pumphrett. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cele\u2019s home was burgled, and whisky as well as other valuables stolen, last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Days before, a 63-year-old woman was found murdered in nearby Egret Place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cHe (Cele) said at the meeting that we were all sick and tired of crime,\u201d Pumphrett said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cHe said we did not feel safe in our homes, that we felt scared,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Residents needed to feel safe and to be able to let their children play in the streets, he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The community made a commitment to work together and would convene again in the near future, said Pumphrett. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThen we can put in place new security measures and discuss introducing additional security,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cele replaced Jackie Selebi as national police commissioner in July 2009, after Selebi was suspended the previous year for corruption. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">During his tenure Cele was respected by many for his no-nonsense approach to crime. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">But he was dismissed after less than two years following an inquiry which found he had been illegally involved in the R1.6 billion lease of a police building. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Newspapers The Umhlanga home of former police commissioner Bheki Cele who has described the area as under siege was robbed last week. Related Stories I\u2019m going to fight crime &#8211; Cele Break-in at Bheki Cele home Cele robbery spurs police into action Durban &#8211; More than 100 concerned uMhlanga residents gathered at the home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8275,953,2143],"class_list":{"0":"post-19702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-the-mercury","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}