Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department for Community Safety, Crime Line and the Gauteng Community Police Board are to host a night vigil on Friday evening in the wake of the recent spate of cop killings.
The vigil to be held at 6pm at the Johannesburg Central Police Station will be led by Gauteng Premier David Makhura and MEC for Community Safety, Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane, together with anti-crime activists.
The public has been encouraged to bring candles and attend in large numbers.
MEC Nkosi-Malobane said: “We cannot sit back and watch our men and women in blue being murdered. The time has come to stand up and mobilise against cop killings.”
Crime Line's Yusuf Abramjee said: “Let's all unite. We must say enough is enough. These brazen attacks on our police are an attack on all of us. When criminals have this little regard for the lives of police officers, they have even less for the public. We must track them down and put them behind bars.”
Andy Mashaile of the Gauteng Community Police Board has appealed to all community policing forums to support the night vigil.
“We as anti-crime activists cannot sit back and watch our police officers being murdered at this rate,” he said.
The Star