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 South African Police Service (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 to 09h30
Venue: Pilditch Stadium, Tshwane (Pretoria West)
Issued by: Department of Community Safety, Gauteng Provincial
Government
4 March 2009
Source: Gauteng Provincial Government (http://www.gautengonline.gov.za)
