Eighteen Sudanese police officers, two of them women, have received certificates after completing Border Policing Course in South Africa. The trainees were exposed to physical training programmes at SAPS Mankwe training institute in Mogwase, North West Province. The core objective of the course was Crime prevention within the ports of entry.
The course was part of the SAPS/Sudan Development Assistance Programme, which aims at developing capacity of Sudanese police through training. It follows a bilateral agreement on development assistance focus on infrastructure and training intervention programmes in which both countries embarked on. The memorandum of understanding between the two governments was signed in 2006 by the Minister of Police, Mr. Nathi Mthethwa and the implementation thereof by the National Commissioner of Police, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
Head of Mission, Ambassador Ali Yussuf of the Republic of Sudan, stressed the importance of exchange of experience, skills and training in order to interdependently curb cross boarder crimes such as child trafficking, drug smuggling and other criminality that are committed at the ports of entry. “Let us not create borders that operated during Colonialism, let the relations create soft borders that are preventing crime” he sighted. He thanked the Norwegian government for their monetary contributions towards the course and highlighted their generosity and honesty in developing countries.
On behalf of the South African Police Service, Major General (DR) Bongiwe Zulu, advised the Sudanese government to put proper systems in place to enable their police officers to curb the scourge of land, air and sea port crime related incidents. She urged the ambassador to increase the intake of female police officers in cross border crime training programs to enable them to assist in challenges that needs to address gender based violence.
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Sudanese officers awarded certificates in Border policing
