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Slain LEAP officers honoured in Cape Town
CAPE TOWN - Western Cape leaders have recommitted themselves to rooting out crime and lawlessness in the metro.
Premier Alan Winde was joined by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and other officials at the memorial service of two metro police officers who were gunned down recently.
The two officers, from the City’s Law Enforcement Advancement Plan division, also referred to as LEAP officers, were gunned down in Mitchell’s Plain and Nyanga, respectively.
A ceremonial last radio call as senior members of the City’s Law Enforcement, as well as colleagues of the two slain officers honour their lives.
Thirty-three-year-old officer Zamikhaya Kwinana was fatally shot while patrolling in Nyanga with other colleagues on 4 August.
The provincial taxi strike then was in its second day.
Kwinana’s sister, Ndileka Bezena says her brother died in the line of duty while protecting others.
Thirty-seven-year-old officer, Toufeeq Williams, died in gang crossfire while walking with his daughter, at the end of last month.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with Williams’ killing.
Robin Peters, who worked on the same shift as Williams paid a moving tribute to her colleague.
The City's Safety and Security Mayoral Committee Member, JP Smith, has vowed that the killers will be brought to book.
Among the duties of these slain officers was to ensure that the Western Cape’s murder rate drops.
They’ve now lost their own lives in pursuit of safer communities.
The killings of these two police officers have once again highlighted the need for government to ramp up its efforts to stop gun violence.