‘Cops are soft targets now’, says expert as slain officers honoured on Saps Commemoration Day

Marizka Coetzer President Cyril Ramaphosa says perpetrators of attacks on police must be brought to book. Police Minister Bheki Cele, President Cyril Ramaphosa and National Commissioner Fannie Masemola during the Saps Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings in Tshwane. Picture: Twitter / @PresidencyZA Young children with tears streaking down their cheeks while clinging to the…

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says perpetrators of attacks on police must be brought to book.

Police Minister Bheki Cele, President Cyril Ramaphosa and National Commissioner Fannie Masemola during the Saps Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings in Tshwane. Picture: Twitter / @PresidencyZA

Young children with tears streaking down their cheeks while clinging to the police teddy bears were among the family members who attended the Police Memorial Day at the Union Buildings. On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa led the annual South African Police Service (Saps) Commemoration Day event, hosted at the Police Memorial Site, along with the families of 33 police officers and reservists who lost their lives in the line of duty between 1 April 2021 and 31 March this year. Samukelisiwe Mativate said she had mixed emotions. “I still have some of the scars of losing my mom and I…