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South Africa police chief Bheki Cele fired by Jacob Zuma | South Africa police chief Bheki Cele fired by Jacob Zuma |
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South African President Jacob Zuma has fired police chief Gen Bheki Cele, who had been accused of corruption. | South African President Jacob Zuma has fired police chief Gen Bheki Cele, who had been accused of corruption. |
Mr Zuma told a press conference in Pretoria he had "decided to release Gen Cele of his duties". | Mr Zuma told a press conference in Pretoria he had "decided to release Gen Cele of his duties". |
Gen Cele was suspended in October after it emerged that he had been implicated in alleged unlawful property deals - he had denied any wrongdoing. | Gen Cele was suspended in October after it emerged that he had been implicated in alleged unlawful property deals - he had denied any wrongdoing. |
He played a key role in Mr Zuma's hard-fought campaign to be elected president in 2009. | He played a key role in Mr Zuma's hard-fought campaign to be elected president in 2009. |
Last year a South African corruption investigator, Thuli Madonsela, ruled that police buildings were leased from a company at inflated prices. | |
Ms Madonsela - who is South Africa's public protector, a role similar to that of an ombudsman - accused Gen Cele of being among those who were ultimately responsible for the "fatally flawed" deals. | |
She investigated leases for buildings intended to serve as police headquarters in the capital, Pretoria, and the eastern city of Durban. | |
She ruled that the government paid the company inflated prices, concluding that the deals were "illegitimate". | |
Gen Cele was promoted to become police chief in 2010, when his predecessor Jackie Selebi was convicted of taking $156,000 (£100,378) in bribes from drug dealer Glenn Agliotti. |