{"id":1660,"date":"2024-12-11T06:35:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T06:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2024\/12\/11\/mec-for-coghsta-and-transport-safety-and-liaison-together-with-the-saps-provincial-commissioner-releases-the-second-quarter-crime-statistics-in-kimberley\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T06:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T06:35:25","slug":"mec-for-coghsta-and-transport-safety-and-liaison-together-with-the-saps-provincial-commissioner-releases-the-second-quarter-crime-statistics-in-kimberley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2024\/12\/11\/mec-for-coghsta-and-transport-safety-and-liaison-together-with-the-saps-provincial-commissioner-releases-the-second-quarter-crime-statistics-in-kimberley\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC FOR COGHSTA AND TRANSPORT, SAFETY AND LIAISON TOGETHER WITH THE SAPS PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER RELEASES THE SECOND QUARTER CRIME STATISTICS IN KIMBERLEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">MEC for COGHSTA, Transport, Safety and Liaison, Mr Bentley Vass, attended the Northern Cape Excellence Awards hosted by the Provincial Commissioner of SAPS, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, during an elegant event on Friday, 06 December 2024, at the Boontjieskraal Conference Centre in Kimberley. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Officers and members from the Northern Cape Province were acknowledged and awarded for service excellence in 34 various categories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">This platform showcases the achievement by members both in support and operational environments, demonstrating their individual and team efforts in serving the organization and our communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Delivering they Keynote Address, MEC Vass said &ldquo;All our 92 police stations in this Province, must become centre of excellence and ensure safer communities for all the residents of this Province. We must continue to inspire confidence &ndash; confidence that we will always observe ethical policing, and be in the corner of vulnerable South Africans&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">MEC Vass continued to say &ldquo;ethical policing demands that we as employees of the South African Police Service, act with integrity and respect for people&rsquo;s diversity and the law, thereby enhancing service excellence to the approval of the public&rdquo;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">In her message, Lieutenant General Otola stated that the SAPS is an organization which places great value in all its employees and recognizes the sacrifices and invaluable contributions that each employee puts into the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">MEC Vass congratulates all the winners of the awards and wishes all the officers and members of the SAPS family, a joyous festive season.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEC for COGHSTA, Transport, Safety and Liaison, Mr Bentley Vass, attended the Northern Cape Excellence Awards hosted by the Provincial Commissioner of SAPS, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, during an elegant event on Friday, 06 December 2024, at the Boontjieskraal Conference Centre in Kimberley. 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