The DA wants South African Police Minister Bheki Cele fired for saying a 19-year-old woman who was raped along with seven other women in Krugersdorp West Village last week was “lucky, if it is lucky” to have been raped by one man, as opposed to several men. News24 reports that despite Cele qualifying his use of the word “lucky”, the DA’s Nazley Sharif accused the minister of perpetuating rape culture and called on the ruling party to fire him, saying “how is it possible that a so-called leader who is in such a position of power perpetuates rape culture and gets away with it?”. The party has also launched a petition against Cele.
