Community volunteers
4 March 2009
Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile, together with the MEC for Community Safety,
Firoz Cachalia and the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, will
honour almost 20 000 community safety volunteers on Saturday, 7 March 2009. The
event will take place in Pilditch Stadium, Tshwane.
Amongst the objectives of the event is to celebrate the contributions of
volunteers who have ensured that communities across the province are safe.
These volunteers are living proof that a Social Movement Against Crime has
practically taken root in Gauteng. It is through the contributions of these
volunteers, working closely with the police, that the Gauteng Provincial
Government (GPG) is confident that the forthcoming Confederations Cup as well
as the 2010 FIFA World Cup would be peaceful.
The GPG is pulling all stops to ensure that our local fans and tourists who
come to these events are safe. Numerous prizes will also be handed over to the
Best Performing Patroller Group, the Best Drilling Patroller Group and the Best
Community Patroller.
A number of stakeholders, including the SAPS Provincial Commissioner and the
Chiefs of the Metro Police departments and representatives of the FIFA Local
Organising Committee will be in attendance.
Details of the event:
Date: 7 March 2009
Time: 09h00 for 09h30
Venue: Pilditch Stadium, Tshwane (Pretoria West)
Issued by: Department of Safety Community, Gauteng Provincial
Government
4 March 2009
Source: Gauteng Provincial Government (http://www.gautsafety.gpg.gov.za)
