Former acting chair of the Khayelitsha Sub-District Community Policing Forum (CPF) Funeka Soldaat ended her office tenure spectacularly as she led a mass campaign to patrol at Monwabisi Beach in Khayelitsha on Saturday 8 March.
Soldaat was elected to act in the position in September last year after serving Khayelitsha for several years. She passed the baton to Marlon Frank Solomons from Macassar, who was elected during an annual general meeting (AGM) held at AM Security Building in Strand on Thursday 6 March.
The Khayelitsha Sub District comprises various police stations, including Khayelitsha, Lingelethu West, Harare, Makhaza, Lwandle, Strand, Maccassar, Somerset West and Gordon’s Bay.
“I had a lot of mass campaigns in Khayelitsha where we marched all over against crime. This event was my last assignment as the Khayelitsha Sub-District acting chair,” explained Soldaat. She stated that the CPF has a new constitution, which is aligned with the Police Act.
“We used to work as clusters, but that was disbanded last year in September to form sub districts. That was when I was elected as an Khayelitsha Sub District acting chair. My role was to ensure that all the CPFs under my watch go to the elections to elect the new leadership, which they all did,” she said, adding that after that there was an AGM for the Khayelitsha sub-district, where they elected the new leadership early month.
“We appeal to the parents to look after their children particularly when they are going to the beach. We also urged people to stop drinking at the beach.” – Sgt Xoliswa Nyalambisa
Speaking on behalf of the police stations attending the patrol, Lingelethu-West police station spokesperson Sgt Xoliswa Nyalambisa said the patrol started in Makhaza where they distributed pamphlets with information against crime. She said the aim was to engage with the community and listen to their grievances.
“We appeal to the parents to look after their children particularly when they are going to the beach. We also urged people to stop drinking at the beach. And we also encouraged people to join the CPF,” said Nyalambisa.
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