SONA 2023 | Cele says lawbreakers will be dealt with

JOHANNESBURG - Anyone who intentionally contravenes the law on Thursday must be dealt with accordingly.

That is an instruction from Police Minister Bheki Cele.

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He addressed law enforcement officers in Cape Town ahead of the State of the Nation Address.

Violence, disruptions and walk-outs have been the order of the day during SONA over the years.

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However, Cele says not today.

"Anybody who tries to be clever than the clever, make sure they have chosen the wrong day," he said.

"We are policing under human rights and a constitutional dispensation, but at the end of the day is to enforce the law.