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In giving advantages of spending time with family, the apostle Paul, in the book of Collosians, mentions the following as bonding that ties the family that spends time together:

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers/mothers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged”.

In light of the above sound family characteristics, let us now look at the advantages of spending time together.

Setting aside quality time increases your family’s health and well-being

Studies have repeatedly shown that families who spend time together, even if it is merely eating dinner together each evening, have children who are happier, healthier, and who do better in school. Family time also promotes good emotional health in children, which is linked to a greater likelihood that they will avoid risky behaviour, such as drug use.

Making time for family members to be together and interact in positive ways strengthens the relationships in your family

Quality time could mean a father and daughter working on a project together outside, or a mother reading a bedtime story to her son. Any activity that allows for real, mindful interactions between family members will work towards strengthening those bonds and influences a child for life.

Spending time with your spouse has a number of benefits

• Spending time with your spouse takes your relationship out of autopilot which, while comfortable, is rather boring in the short-term and could destroy a marriage in the long-term.

• Spending time with your spouse is one of the most important forms of marriage “maintenance” you could do, second in importance only to resolving conflicts constructively.

• Spending time with your spouse helps

you to reconnect with your spouse

emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and physically, and reminds you why you married him

or her in the first place.

• Spending time with your spouse also allows room for variety and interesting experiences in your life, such as going to new places, restaurants, and allows you to share them with your spouse.

• Dates with your spouse create a positive relationship history; a tapestry or carpet of fond memories that strengthen your relationship and could act as a shock absorber in difficult times.

Arriving home from duty to a family of warmth and sharing what happened during the day, empowers you to know that there are people who care about them and support them.

Let us, therefore, strive and work hard to make time to spend with those we love so that we could continue to have new strength to face the next day at work with all its challenges as SAPS members. It is only when you try something that you can benefit from it. Practice makes perfect.

The importance of police officers spending time together with their families (part two)

In the previous article, we dealt with what family time is. We briefly mentioned why family life is important and how children benefit from spending time with their parents.

In this article, we will deal more with the benefits of spending time together as a family.

There is a proverb that states, “Birds of the same feather flock together”; a family that does things together and spends time together ends up developing a close bond with each other.

Article by WO (Rev) LM Seroka

Employee Health and Wellness (EHW)

Advantages of spending time with family

The programme “Building Healthy Relationships” on how to enhance and strengthen your relationships is available and can be presented by chaplains. Please consult with your chaplain or contact Spiritual Services for further information in this regard at

012 393 5327 or 082 778 5677.

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Crime-fighting partnership leads to huge steroids bust Article by Lt Kgabo Mashamaite and Ms Risima Ndobe Photographs by WO Anne Magakoe

The National Investigation Unit (NINU) has been lauded for their excellent

work and on-going investigations to clamp down on criminals following, robbing and terrorising mainly tourists in the country.

Col Boats Botha, a Commander at the National Investigation Unit (NINU), has given his team and detectives the thumbs-up for their dedication, passion and commitment to successfully investigate the airport criminals and the “blue light” gang which have been operating in Gauteng. This came after the significant decline in these cases and blue light robberies in the country.

The NINU was set up by the National Commissioner, Gen Riah Phiyega, in August 2013 and it has been tasked with investigating “blue light” robberies and cases of criminals following travellers from the airport, as well as other priority crimes. Col Botha said the unit received a total of 249 dockets in September 2013, linked to criminals following travellers from the airport and 31 newly-reported, gang-related cases were received this year. Each docket was analysed and linked to a modus operandi, possible suspects, vehicles used and hotspot areas. He also indicated that two gangs have been robbing travellers: One group was non-violent and the other group was violent.

During the investigations, the team arrested 18 suspects who

An integrated crime-fighting approach by the SAPS, a private security

company and members of the public yielded positive results in cracking a bigger drug syndicate with international connections. A laboratory with steroids worth R20 million at an upmarket security complex in Pretoria East, was uncovered.

“A private security employee who was patrolling in the area at about 15:00, became suspicious when a foul smell came from a lock-up garage allocated to an apartment rented by a 30-year-old Egyptian male and a 21-year-old South African male. Our members, who were patrolling the area, requested backup from

the Hawks and the Department of Health’s scientists. The two suspects were found in the act of packaging and manufacturing steroids. Upon further investigations in the garage and apartment, various illegal drugs, drug manufacturing chemicals and packaging equipment valued at R20 million, were seized”, said the Boschkop Acting Station Commander, Capt Marissa van der Merwe, at the crime scene after the successful raid.

According to the Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Act, 1991 (Act No 94 of 1991) , all the laboratories that manufacture medicine and substances must be registered with the South African Pharmacy

Council, which is responsible for the licensing of the warehousing and distributing of medicines. The laboratories must also be licensed by the Medicines Control Council in terms of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act No 101 of 1965), which ensures that all medicines that are manufactured and sold in the country are safe, therapeutically effective and consistently meet acceptable standards of quality.

The two suspects were arrested and are facing charges of possession of what is suspected to be illegal drugs, fraud and contravention of the above Medicines Acts and the Health Act, 1977 (Act No 63 of 1977).

They will appeare before the Pretoria Regional Court.

Speaking on the discovery, Maj Gen Shadrack Sibiya, Head of the Hawks in Gauteng, said: “We suspect that this laboratory was supplied by a well-organised syndicate with a network of some sort. This property poses a serious health risk to its neighbours in the complex. Our team will work around the clock to identify the supplier of this laboratory.”

have been linked to 38 cases of robberies after criminals had followed travellers from the airport and the police are hunting for 11 more. Col Botha said that there has been a significant decline in these cases since the arrest of these suspects.

“We also arrested a suspect involved in robberies after following travellers from the airport, who was also linked to two murder cases in Brooklyn and Cleveland in Pretoria. At this stage, we are waiting for the trial date for these cases to be heard in the High Court,” said Col Botha.

According Col Botha, the team also arrested a kingpin, Lentswe Madube, who is linked to cases of robbing travellers after having followed them from the airport and seven cases of robbery. Patricia Mehlomakulu from Orange Farm, was also arrested as she was responsible for renting vehicles that had been fitted with false licence plates, to the criminals following travellers from the airport. These vehicles were used in the robberies.

“Most of the victims who were robbed, were from Nigeria, the Congo and Angola because they always had cash in their possession unlike tourists from Britain for example, who prefer to use cards. They believe that there were spotters from their respective countries who identified the victims before they even arrived in the country,” explained Col Botha. He elaborated on how the suspects had robbed the travellers: “It

would start with the spotters generally identifying their wealthy targets, often foreigners, before they even left the OR Tambo International Airport. The details of the vehicles the victims would be travelling in, would be conveyed to the group of three to five robbers. Then they would rob their victims en route or on arrival at their destinations. In the previous cases, the suspects used vehicles equipped with a blue light. They would pull over the vehicles in a “safe area” and rob them. The victims were robbed of their valuable items such as laptops, cash and jewellery. The airport gang was non-violent. In many cases, the suspects would just throw the victims’ vehicle keys into a nearby bush, giving them enough time to flee the scene”.

Botha highlighted that the significant decline in robberies where criminals followed

travellers from the airport, was also due to the hard work by all the police members patrolling the streets, the detectives, the Airports Company of South Africa, the private sector, security companies, vehicle rental companies as well as insurance companies. The National Commissioner, Gen Riah Phiyega, said that the unit was tasked with both the cases of robbers following travellers from the airport and the “blue light” robberies to help repair the SAPS’s relationship with the public. “The challenge of “blue light” robberies is a serious concern. We want the citizens to differentiate between a real police officer and bogus police officers. Without trust between the public and police, some crimes will never be solved,” said Gen Phiyega.

NINU Commander, Col Boats Botha explains how the team brought down the airport gang.

Article by Lt Vincent Mukhathi and Ms Risima Ndobe

NINU cracks the whip on airport gangs and “blue light” robbers

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Illegal drugs to the estimated value of R20 million seized through an excellent crime fighting partnership between the SAPS and the private security industry within the highly secured up market complex in the Pretoria East on 28 May 2014.

Members of the Boschkop Police Station load boxes of illegal steroids after the

discovery of an illegal drug manufacturing laboratory in one of the highly secured up

market complex in Pretoria East.

Equipments and chemicals used during the manufacturing and packaging of the illegal steroid drugs were also seized.

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New Varsity Recruitment Strategy Rolled OutArticle by Lt Vincent Mukhathi Photograph by WO Tinyiko Mathebula

The Acting Divisional Commissioner: Division Human Resource Development, Major General Vusi Nyalunga speaks on internal recruitment and selection drive to recruit and select suitable Police Act members for 2015 Intake

2014 students were presented to the SAPS and UNISA top management during the officially opening event of Police University at SAPS Academy on 31 January 2014

In a quest to accomplish the vision to professionalise the SAPS, the Human Resources

Development (HRD) Division is currently implementing an internal recruitment and a selection drive to recruit and select suitable Police Act members for its 2015 intake to register for a Bachelor Police Degree at the SAPS Paarl Academy.

This initiative is in line with the National Development Plan 2030 that recommends the professionalisation of the police by enforcing the Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics by appointing highly-trained and skilled personnel who are capable of responding to the changing crime trends in the 21st century.

According to the acting Divisional Commissioner of the HRD Division, Maj Gen Vusi Nyalunga, the recruitment and selection processes of learners for the January 2015 intake already started in 17 April 2014 and it will be concluded on 8 August 2014. He indicated that the internal recruitment strategy for the selection of Police Act members stipulated that the selection

of prospective learners is to be followed at levels and that letters have been sent out to the commanders.

Maj Gen Nyalunga further said that the allocation of seats to the provinces and divisions for the purpose of recruiting 120 potential students to be enrolled at the SAPS Academy Paarl, have been done on a proportional basis using the total number of Police Act members per province/ division. He added that commanders should ensure that members who apply complete a preliminary application form and

that they submit their relevant qualifications to HRD on time. The SAPS Paarl Academy will then schedule interview dates that candidates will be interviewed on at provincial level, in consultation with provincial heads. The issue of equity which emphasises that 50% females and 50% males be recruited, which was not met in the 2014 intake was also raised by the National Commissioner, Gen Riah Phiyega at the launch of the Police University on 31 January 2014.

Maj Gen Nyalunga said that the issue was addressed through a communiqué and meetings held at Quarterly Training Forums where heads of training and skills development officers met to iron out any training related challenges. He added that the challenge they experienced with the previous intake was that the females failed the required physical fitness and psychometric tests for acceptance into the academy.

The Divisional Commissioner emphasised that through the academy they would develop police officials who are effective, efficient and professional. He emphasised that there was a need to develop a well-balanced human being in terms of physical

fitness, attitude, ability and skills to do police work.

Maj Gen Nyalunga explained that the Bachelor Police Degree has two legs, namely the academic leg and the professional policing development leg. The academic leg provides academic qualifications with Unisa and the police leg focuses on instilling discipline, trains Standing Orders, police culture, patriotism, and professionalises the police within the police-controlled environment.

Students at the academy are deployed at their local stations to work, so that they complete 70 practical working hours to acquire competence. They are also required to complete a portfolio of evidence, which must be signed by their supervisors.

“The Bachelor Police Degree includes legal subjects and police-related subjects, and for the first time, the degree will also include Criminology and Sociology to be compulsory subjects in 2016. In the near future, Metro Police and Correctional Services or security cluster officials will also be allowed to register at the Police University”, concluded Maj Gen Nyalunga.

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The conduct of the Uitenhage Cluster’s police officials have reaffirmed the commitment of SAPS members to rid their area of drugs.

The SAPS was recently either intercepting dagga traffickers on the highway or involved in arresting the growers and dealers of dagga in communities.

Members from the Operational Sector Group at the Uitenhage Cluster police received information which resulted in the seizure of 47 containers with plants, dried dagga, cash, as well as equipment used in the process of cultivating dagga. The items seized had a value of around R10 000,00.

The accused, a 22-year-old, was arrested and appeared in the Uitenhage Magistrates’ Court on charges of dealing in and cultivating dagga plants.

In a separate incident members from the Uitenhage K9 Unit stopped a suspicious- looking blue Ford Bantam bakkie while holding routine roadblocks outside the town. Upon investigation, they discovered that the bakkie had been stacked with bags containing dagga. The driver, a 40-year-old man from Hankey, was arrested on the spot and was detained for dealing in dagga. The dagga, weighing 151 kg, had an estimated street value of more than R300 000,00.

“People who are selling drugs - including dagga, especially to our children, are harming our society. Therefore all SAPS members are urged to continue cracking down on these criminals . These successes are applauded and the members are thanked for being alert, thereby closing avenues for drug dealers and syndicates,” said the Cluster Commander of Uitenhage, Brig Phillip Salukazana.

The Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Celiwe Binta, congratulated the Uitenhage Cluster on their successes and confirmed that the SAPS would continue working hard in ridding communities of drugs.

Busted for dealing in daggaArticle by WO Gerda SwartPhotograph by WO Gerda Swart

Dagga plants and items seized at a residential address in Uitenhage.

Left to right: Sgt Potgieter and WO Adlem with the seized dagga and vehicle (Uitenhage K9 Unit).

Some of the members involved in the operation at the house in Uitenhage. Const Klue, Const Le Bron (on the right at the back) and in front Const Phillips seizing the items.

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Royal Swaziland Police benchmark SAPS TV programmeArticle by Lt Kgabo Mashamaite, Const Phumzile Mashamaite and Ms Risima Ndobe(Intern) Photographs by WO Theo van Wyk

The SAPS’s Corporate Communication Division extended a helping hand

to the Royal Swaziland Police by mentoring and coaching them to establish their own police television programme.

The declaration was made by Brig Tummi Masondo, the Section Head of Publications and Broadcast and the anchor of When Duty Calls, at the Royal Swaziland Police delegation study tour at the SAPS’s television studios in La Rochelle, Centurion just outside of Pretoria.

“We as the SAPS as a member of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Council (SARPCCO), have an obligation towards our neighbours who require certain expertise on various policing matters, that include imparting skills on crime prevention, joint operations as well as maintaining stakeholder relations. Due to the good relations the two countries currently enjoy, the Royal Swaziland Police sent its delegation here to learn more about television production and how to go about establishing their own television studios and in the long run, produce and package their own television programme in a format like When

Duty Calls. This is to create more awareness among their citizens of their police force’s crime-fighting successes. The Royal Swaziland Police is welcome to send their delegation for training and we will gladly assist with mentoring and training communication officials to strengthen their communication department,” explained Brig Masondo.

According to Superintendent (Supt) Wendy Hleka, the Royal

Swaziland Police’s public relations officer, their main objective is to benchmark the SAPS’s flagship television programme.

“Our main objective of coming to South Africa is to look into the best practises and to learn how to go about establishing our own television studio. We would also like to share some ideas on how to effectively communicate key messages and successes by the Royal Swaziland Police to reach as many members of the public as possible and also to engage our different stakeholders as widely as possible. We currently rely on the Swaziland Television Authority for their expertise and we feel that it would be great to tell our own stories through our own studios to the public,” shared Supt Hleka.

In thanking Brig Masondo on their study tour to the SAPS’s studio, the Assistant Commissioner of Management Services and Administration, Mr Emmanuel Sula Dlamini, said: “We are

grateful for the opportunity presented to us by the SAPS’s Corporate Communication in order for us to be able to learn the best practises for using mass communication. We will definitely be sending our communication practitioners here so that they can expand our communication capacity in various departments to reach a broader audience. Strengthening our relationship with our people is key, because they need to know about our crime- fighting successes and what is taking place in their police force”.

During the study tour at the studio, the Royal Swaziland Police delegation were introduced to all aspects of the production of When Duty Calls episodes and had an opportunity to test some of the studio equipment. The group then proceeded to the SAPS Museum for a workshop on preserving the history of the police, their equipment and the police culture for future generations.

The National Library Forum encourages SAPS officials to read

Article by AC Neliswa NtandaPhotograph by WO Anne Magakoe

The SAPS’s annual National Library Forum was recently held at the SAPS

Tshwane College in Pretoria West. The three-day Forum’s main objectives were to explore alternative avenues to promote reading and the use of libraries among the SAPS personnel and also to highlight the vision for SAPS libraries, which is to be relevant and functional in terms of resources, user experience and infrastructure.

Varying in size, there are currently eight libraries at Head Office, seven at provincial offices, two at Leadership and Management Academies, 10 at Basic Development Academies and eight at In-service Academies.

In his opening address, Maj Gen Gossman, the Head of Research and Curriculum Development, put emphasis on all the efforts that had been made to develop the SAPS libraries since the first Library Forum in 2012. He also explained how the libraries contribute to three areas on the National Development Plan, namely Chapter 12 – 14, which explore building a safer state and communities, as well as promoting accountability and fighting corruption.

The 2014 Forum was focused on the training of librarians and library staff; the accessibility of the libraries to SAPS personnel; inspections that would be carried out more regularly; and the “SAPS Library of the Year” competition, which is anticipated to start running later this year.In presenting issues of inculcating a culture of reading on the second day of the forum, Prof Joey Swanepoel, the Executive Director of the Consortium for Language and Dimensional Dynamics, highlighted that being an efficient police officer requires one to read frequently as this has proven to have a positive impact on the daily processes that the SAPS officials deal with. She added that the most effective way to inculcate a reading culture is through individualised confrontation instead of forming and implementing policies and models.

“We must teach our people that we have a calling and that to access that calling and serve better, they need to understand reading as an extension of themselves,” she further explained.

Prof Adeline du Toit from the University of Pretoria’s Information Science Department, highlighted the following three factors as key to increasing a library’s competitiveness: Library personnel being aware of their attitude and understanding factors influencing their environment, librarians being mindful of their different types of users, and the acquiring of new skills to offer competitive intelligence and knowledge management.

Representative libraries

were selected to present an overview of their infrastructure, provided services and marketing initiatives. Some of the personnel who presented, had completed the Further Education and Training Certificate: Library Practice course. And the benefits of this course were evident in the impact those librarians are making in their libraries.

“One of the challenges highlighted, was the small percentage of SAPS personnel and trainees who use library facilities. Trainees’ schedules should be restructured to afford them time to read in-between training,” said Morota from Moloto Academy.

WO Marks, the Senior Librarian of Chatsworth Library, encouraged other librarians to “Be positive about and maximize the use of existing resources”.

The challenges raised in almost all of the presentations that were noted by by the members of the National Library Committee,

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The more you read, the better you can acquire knowledge

were the shortage of trained staff, the shortage of reading material, the need to implement library policies, the lack of IT facilities (computers and Internet access), and access to the different libraries for physically-challenged officials. .

As part of the last discussion, valuable suggestions such as exploring the concept of granting Community Libraries limited access to SAPS libraries to improve relations between the SAPS and the public, were made and input on how libraries will be marketed, will be incorporated into a National Library Marketing Strategy.

The constructive three-day forum stressed the value of reading and saw several issues unearthed with the promise that they would be revised and dealt with. Publishers and booksellers arranged displays of books relevant to the SAPS and attendees spent the third day browsing and identifying new material for their collections.

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SAPS members in Gauteng have welcomed the distribution of “key rings with zing” to community members. The Memeza Project, under the auspices of Gauteng Community Safety, recently distributed 10 000 of these small personal alarm devices to disadvantaged women and children in Soshanguve and parts of Johannesburg. This crime prevention initiative has been welcomed by local SAPS members as a means to help empower the community in our ongoing effort to enhance personal safety. This effective crime prevention measure may result in fewer crimes for the police to solve.

The small alarm resembles a key ring and is manufactured in

a variety of bright colours. It can be attached to a handbag, schoolbag, gym bag or even be worn as an accessory around the neck. The alarm makes a piercing sound of 140 decibels when the lanyard is pulled.

“The deafening, irritating sound is bound to scare a potential attacker or rapist away while alerting neighbours or passers-by,” said Ms Thuli Mthethwa, the Memeza Women Empowerment Project Director.

Mthethwa developed the key ring after an attack on a family in their home in Tembisa and has been quoted in local media stating that criminals are more afraid of crime prevention measures at community level

NEWS FLASH

NEWS FLASH

Article by Capt Karien van der MerweGroup photograph by WO Theo van Wyk Photographs of exhibits by Crime Intelligence, Sunnyside Cluster

Suspect in possession of 250 packets of heroin arrested at filling station

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A man sitting on a bench at a filling station and munching on a packet of crisps would seem like a common enough occurrence and not likely to rouse any suspicion, right? Wrong – because when you are a member of Crime Intelligence acting on information that the filling station is also used as a distribution spot for hard drugs and you are trained to pick up on specific behavioural patterns, you are not going to take anything at face value.

After conducting observation duties at the indicated filling

station for some time, the Crime Intelligence members of the Sunnyside Cluster informed Capt Michelle Doubell of the Villieria Police Station that a drug-related crime suspect had been identified, and requested backup. Capt Doubell is responsible for providing operational support

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Article Compiled by Capt Karien van der Merwe Visual material and information provided by Memeza Women Empowerment Project

Hiding drugs in plain view is a favourite concealment method among seasoned drug peddlers.

Sgt Pierre Fourie, Capt Michelle Doubell and Const Makama Morake of the Villieria Police Station. These Visible Policing members’ quick response played an important role in a suspect’s arrest and the seizure of R25 000,00’s worth of heroin at a filling station on the N1 in Pretoria/Tshwane recently.

The small alarm which resembles a key ring, is manufactured in a variety of bright colours. It can be attached to a handbag, schoolbag, gym bag or even be worn as an accessory around the neck. The alarm makes a piercing sound of 140 decibels when the lanyard is pulled.

“If you teach a woman, you teach a nation, and through this innovation, we

hope to see women feel safer.” – Ms Faith Mazibuko, Gauteng

Community Safety MEC.

10 000 personal alarm devices distributed to disadvantaged women and children

than they are of prosecution measures at state level. “Studies show that criminals are more afraid of burglar alarms than the threat of a lengthy prison sentence,” she explained. At the official launch, Gauteng Community Safety MEC, Ms Faith Mazibuko, once again stressed the importance of combating

violence against women and children, stating that although crime affects all of us, the high number of violent crimes against women and children is of great concern.

“If you teach a woman, you teach a nation, and through this innovation, we hope to see

women feel safer. We also hope that people will not abuse the device,” she added.

Police stations’ liaison officers may contact the Memeza Women Empowerment Project at 011 312 4076 or 084 845 7948 for more information.

in the precinct where the filling station is located and immediately dispatched Visible Policing members to the hotspot. Upon their arrival at the filling station they questioned the suspect, who at that stage still did not give any indication of being guilty of any crime. But when the members took the packet of crisps from him for closer inspection, he quickly changed his tune. Inside the packet police found 250 packets of heroin with an estimated value of R25 000,00. The suspect, who identified himself as 31-year-old Leshabo Katlego, was arrested and the heroin seized. He has already appeared in court where bail was successfully opposed. Unfortunately most of the information provided by the suspect has so far turned out to be false, and Capt Doubell expressed the urgent need for a customised drug-related crime database. “It is easy to falsify

personal information, therefore it would be very helpful if we could have a database featuring information about perpetrators’ modus operandi and specific physical characteristics, for example tattoos, in order to help us to link cases,” she said.

Amid allegations of corruption and poor service delivery within the SAPS there are still core groups of dedicated members who are fighting against the proliferation of drugs, and Capt Doubell and her colleagues are to be commended for their ongoing efforts in the face of limited manpower and resources. “Patience and experience are crucial when it comes to combating drug-related crime. Seasoned drug peddlers are known to keep their cool when they see the police conducting routine search and seizure operations – if it had not been for the Crime Intelligence

members’ experience in concealment methods and their careful observation beforehand, chances are the suspect would have casually closed the packet of crisps, put it to one side and sauntered off. In such cases the police get the drugs, but not the man, and no arrest can be made. But in this case the police made the most of the surprise element and he was caught red-handed,” Capt Doubell said. When asked why the police had not followed the suspect in order to try and locate the main supplier, she said that in a case like this the risk was too high of losing the suspect altogether, especially if he were to board a taxi and leave the precinct, because the operational executive power of police members at grassroots level is limited to their specific area. They had to act quickly and as the saying goes, it is better to have one bird in the hand than two in the bush.

Acknowledgement: A special word of thanks to Capt Doubell for assisting us in the compilation of this article. Due to the nature of the investigation the names and photographs of the Crime Intelligence members of the Sunnyside Cluster and the specific location of the filling station are not published here.

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Natasha Rosy Wilson (24) Female Florida

Last seen : 2014-05-25The missing person left home and has not been seen since. She was wearing

blue jeans, a maroon jersey.Florida CAS 2/5/2014Investigating officer:

Const S MacekeTel: 011 831 7000

Lehandre van der Merwe (15) Male Springs

Last seen: 2014-05-26Missing person left home and was

not seen since. He was wearing white school jacket, grey school shoes, brown

shoes and white school shirt and red jersey. Springs CAS 15/5/2014

Investigating officer: Sgt R Ngobeni Tel: 011 365 5700

Ismael Rhulane Hatlane (33) Male Dobsonville

Last seen: 2014-05-22The missing person left home and has not been seen since. He was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and black shoes. Dobsonville CAS 9/5/2014

Investigating officer: WO DF Nukwa

Tel: 011 983 1500

Elias Tladi Nyapodi (87) Male EvatonLast seen : 2014-05-20

The missing person left home and has not been seen since.

Evaton CAS 13/5/2014Investigating officer:

WO HZ TukaneTel: 016 596 1044

Nelisiwe Prisca Kunene (18) Female Sandringham

Last seen : 2014-05-24The missing person left home and has not been seen since. She was wearing

black boots, a black jersey, brown trou-sers, a maroon shirt and a grey polo

neck. Sandringham CAS 2/5/2014Investigating officer:

Const MU MahloTel: 011 719 4822

Naeem Ahmed (33) Male Sandton Last Seen : 2014-05-26

The missing person left home and has not been seen since. He was wearing a white and grey shirt, grey polo trou-

sers, a grey and maroon jersey with diamond shapes.

Sandton CAS 1/5/2014Investigating officer:

Const SK NkwashuTel: 011 806 8329

Petrus Boikie Kutoane (37) Male Bekkersdal

Last seen: 2014-05-23The missing person left home and has not been seen since. He was wearing a

black jacket, grey trousers.Bekkersdal CAS 1/5/2014

Investigating officer: Const TJ MosoeuTel: 011 755 0000

Lerato Queen Mashaba (13) Female Kempton Park

Last Seen: 2014-05-25The missing person left home and has not been seen since. She was last seen

wearing blue trousers, a t-shirt with prints and grey slippers.

Kempton Park CAS 9/5/2014Investigating officer:

MM MiniTel: 011 393 8600

Lozizwe Maphosa (30) Female Hillbrow Last seen : 2013-12-27


Hillbrow CAS 4/4/2014Investigating officer: WO FM RamashalaTel: 011 488 6616

Wiseman Sandile Mncwabe (31) Male Kempton Park

Last seen : 2014-05-25The missing person left home and has not been seen since. She was wearing brown trousers, a yellow t-shirt, white

shirt, brown shoes and a white cap.Kempton Park CAS 10/5/2014

Investigating officer: MM Mini

Tel: 011 393 8600

Please help us to locate them...

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Booi Moos (48) Male LoeriesfonteinLast Seen: 2010-11-22


Loeriesfontein CAS 1/11/2010Investigating officer:

Const Le FleurTel: 079 617 2169 or 027 662 8700

Article by Lt Col Ventekas Naidoo Photographs by Lt Col Ventekas Naidoo

The 89th Comrades Marathon took place on 1 June 2014 from the

Pietermaritzburg City Hall to the Sahara Cricket Stadium, Durban.

The 89 km ultra-marathon attracted a field of 21,174 runners, of which 212 were SAPS runners from various provinces and Head Office. Among the top contenders was Const Gift Kelehe of North West, who had already achieved gold in previous races. In last year’s race he had to withdraw due to an injury. This year Const Kelehe trained intensively with his older brother, WO Andrew Kelehe, the 2001 winner. WO Kelehe is his brother’s assistant coach.

As the gun went off at 05:30, the challenge immediately began. As the top runners strategised, it was towards the 40 km mark that Kelehe ran with the front group of runners. At this stage he was in the 8th position. As they got closer to the finishing line, it was time for Kelehe to make a move. With 14 km to go, he was running neck and neck with three-time winner Stephen Muzinghi in 5th position.

The crowd anxiously waited at the finishing line. The first runner, Bongumusa Mthembu, crossed the finishing line in 5:28:24, followed by Ludwick Mamabolo, who completed his run in 5:33:14.

At this stage anxiety set in and suddenly the announcer called the name of the 3rd finisher, Const Kelehe, finishing in 5:34:49. Const Kelehe posed for the media with both hands proudly raised., As he was congratulated by dignitaries,

Police officer in top 3 at Comrades marathon

Const Gift Kelehe of North West Prov receiving his cheque and trophy from race offi-cials at the price giving. He finished in 3rd position in 5:34:39.

SAPS National Marathon Association awarded trophies to the top ten SAPS runners running in police colours. The trophies were presented by KZN Dep Prov Comms. Left is Maj Gen MC Ngcobo and Maj Gen P Radebe on right.

his brother Andrew and coach shared the excitement by hugging this great runner and police hero.

At the post-race media conference, Const Kelehe expressed his thanks and gratitude to all his colleagues and the SAPS National Commissioner, Gen Riah Phiyega, who gave him moral support.

Soon after the awards ceremony, Const Kelehe proceeded to the SAPS tent, where he was congratulated by KwaZulu-

Natal (KZN)’s Deputy Provincial Commissioners, Major Generals Mjabuliswa Ngcobo and Phindile Radebe, as well as all the other SAPS finishers. The SAPS National Marathon Association also recognised and awarded the top SAPS runners in SAPS colours, with trophies.

Congratulations to Const Kelehe and all the SAPS members who participated in the gruelling race. There is hope that more SAPS members will participate next year. We are proud of you colleagues!

24 Police July 2014

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