Gqeberha's men and women in blue held a charity event in Bloemendal on Friday to donate festive hampers to a crèche where the wife of one of their slain colleagues is striving to make a meaningful impact.
Desperate parents pleaded with police minister Bheki Cele on Friday to clamp down on crime in the northern areas, saying their children were often unable to attend school due to rampant gangsterism.
Despite Nelson Mandela Bay police recovering 150 illegal firearms over the past three months, experts believe it is a drop in the ocean as there seems to be a constant flow of firearms into SA’s criminal underbelly.
A Bethelsdorp policeman was ambushed and robbed of his service firearm and other valuables, before his state vehicle was taken, by three armed men in New Brighton at the weekend.
Police minister Bheki Cele did not mince his words when delivering the eulogy in a hall full of police officers at the funeral service of slain court orderly Sergeant Mario Nel in Gqeberha on Friday.