It is clear that Police Minister Bheki Cele has no intention of withdrawing the appeal against the Western Cape Equality Court order that national government is discriminating against poor and black Western Cape residents in how it allocates police resources, the DA said on Sunday.
“It’s been more than a month since minister Cele announced during a radio interview on Cape Talk that the appeal has been withdrawn,” he said. “The behaviour of minister Cele is an absolute disgrace. Quite frankly, it clearly demonstrates that he has no intention of withdrawing this appeal. He and his ANC-led national government have always discriminated against the most vulnerable in our society, and this will continue where they govern.
Cele should stop discriminating against people and address the resourcing problem. The Western Cape continued to have a shortage of 4,500 police officers, and Cele was mandated to “ensure that we receive our resources”.