The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Chairperson of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO), General Riah Phiyega, will be hosting the SARPCCO 20th annual general meeting from 25 to 28 May 2015. The meeting will be attended by the member countries’ Ministers, Police Chiefs, INTERPOL General Secretariat and Regional Bureau Harare representatives, and Southern African Development Community representatives.
SARPCCO has 15 member countries namely Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The organisation is celebrating its 20th anniversary and during the meeting deserving members of the Police from the SARPCCO member countries are going to be awarded for their contribution towards achieving the set goals of SARPCCO.
Members of the media are invited to attend two respective media briefings to be held as follows:
SARPCCO annual general meeting:
Date: 27 May 2015
Venue: Birchwood Hotel, 14 View Point Road, Boksburg
Time: 11h00
Ministerial meeting:
Date: 28 May 2015
Venue: Birchwood Hotel, 14 View Point Road, Boksburg
Time: 13h30
For more information, please contact:
Major General Ngesi
Cell: 082 781 8863
Colonel Naidoo
Cell: 082 567 4153
