{"id":46954,"date":"2024-02-20T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-community-safety-activists-honoured-20240220\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:12:09","slug":"not-all-heroes-wear-capes-community-safety-activists-honoured-20240220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-community-safety-activists-honoured-20240220\/","title":{"rendered":"Not all heroes wear Capes: community safety activists honoured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Community activists and crime fighters in Woodstock and Salt River were acknowledged for their sterling contributions to help curb crime, during an award ceremony held in Salt River Saturday 10 February.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Community activists and crime fighters in Woodstock and Salt River were acknowledged for their sterling contributions to help curb crime, during an award ceremony held in Salt River Saturday 10 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certificates of recognition were handed over by the ward councillor to selected members from the local neighbourhood watches (NHW), community policing forums and police officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuf Mohamed, Ward 57 councillor, said: \u201cThe aim was to recognise and appreciate members of our local neighbourhood watches, who have gone over and above what the community or anyone else could expect from someone towards their neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am truly grateful to work with such amazing people who do a thankless job for their community. 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