{"id":43088,"date":"2024-03-14T09:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/cele-hands-new-crime-fighting-tools-over-to-provincial-cpf-20240313\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:08:27","slug":"cele-hands-new-crime-fighting-tools-over-to-provincial-cpf-20240313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/cele-hands-new-crime-fighting-tools-over-to-provincial-cpf-20240313\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Bheki Cele hands new crime-fighting tools over to provincial CPF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the construction site of the Makhaza Police Station on Tuesday 11 March to assess the building progress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During the visit, he also handed over six vehicles and two minibuses to the group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The vehicles would be handed over to the six districts in the province for use in emergency cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Excitement was evident among Community Policing Forum (CPF) members when Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the construction site of the Makhaza Police Station on Tuesday 11 March to assess the building progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, he also handed over six vehicles and two minibuses to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cele was accompanied by National Police Commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola and his provincial counterpart, Maj-Gen Thembisile Patekile, provincial minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety Reagen Allen and CPF provincial chair Fransina Lukas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vehicles would be handed over to the six districts (City of Cape Town, Overberg, Cape Winelands, Garden Route, West Coast and Central Karoo) in the province for use in emergency cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lukas praised Cele saying the vehicles and buses would make a difference. She stated that they\u2019ve been fighting for long to get the vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFinally after so many years our cries are heard. We\u2019ve been crying for resources. Last year, when the budget was presented the province received a sizable amount of budget and we give credit and applause where it\u2019s due,\u201d said Lukas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stated that CPF members are the community volunteers and work out of passion. \u201cThis is the start and should never end here. Next year, we want a huge budget allocation. In future we want to see the CPF chairpersons driving themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_c794a020\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/df14bfa74ad24e148825d3eec4660d0b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9e92fcdb48214ecab9dbe991ccc3be1b.jpg\" title=\"Some of the vehicles handed over to the CPF members by the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Some of the vehicles handed over to the CPF members by the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey must be given permission to drive themselves so that we won\u2019t have them stuck from home while they have to perform their duties,\u201d she explained, adding that the vehicles would be driven by the police officers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnly if there is a serious problem the station call the district and request for the transport. Or if there is a special meeting, maybe in town and certain members need transport, the car can come and fetch them. And buses, the other one is for patrollers in the Metro and another one for Southern Cape regions. If there is a special event within the Metro and the CPF volunteers are needed the bus can go and fetch them and bring them back again,\u201d she explained. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lukas urged the minister to grant them a stipend as a motivation. She stated that they are living in difficult times and they need something to put on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the construction progress, Cele assured the community that within three weeks everything would be done. He stated that the total cost of the facility would be about R124 million and would be completed in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat is left now is the installation of water by the City and electricity by Eskom. We\u2019ve heard that in three weeks everything will be done. 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