Joburg vigil for slain cops
Gauteng Premier David Makhura and anti-crime activists will lead a night vigil on Friday night at the Johannesburg Central Police Station in the wake of the recent spate of cop killings. The province’s safety MEC Nkosi-Malobane said: “We cannot sit back and watch our men and women in blue being murdered. The time has come to stand up and mobilise against cop killings.”"Let's all unite. We must say enough is enough. These brazen attacks on our police are an attack on all of us‚” said Crime Line's Yusuf Abramjee.“When criminals have this little regard for the lives of police officers‚ they have even less for the public. We must track them down and put them behind bars.”Andy Mashaile of the Gauteng Community Police Board has appealed to all Community Policing Forums from across the province to support the night vigil‚ which starts at 6pm.“We as anti-crime activists cannot sit back and watch our police officers being murdered at this rate‚" said Mashaile...
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