Flip the cop gun before leaving Zwelihle – Cele

The Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, says that he will not remove the strong police presence in Zwelihle, Hermanus, until the gun is stolen from an officer be restored.

Cele had visited the area that witnessed violent protests that led to the closure of four schools and a local clinic

Residents demanded the release of Zwelihle Gcobani Ndzongana's Renewal Leader – arrested for incitement to violence and destruction of

Additional police officers were deployed yesterday in the area and a base camp was open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at Swartdam Road.

Cele stated that all parties involved should work together. and there was still a long way to go before stability was fully achieved in the region.

"We are progressing the visit was much better than last time, things are normalizing, people have to go back to work and children have to go back to school."

"After engagement with community members and leaders, we gave ourselves a week or two to solve problems. "In the meantime, we have put in place conditions that must happen, leaders have promised to find the missing weapon and this will be the start of normalization in the region," said Cele.

who claimed to have been injured by his officers to open a deal with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).

Regarding the release of leaders and other members of the community, he said that it was out of his hands as they "

" We are looking for long-term solutions because that we do not want this to happen again.

"If we brought the Ipid to investigate the community they claim that they were injured by the police will help then that must happen. Each department must do its work to bring peace to this region. "