MEC for COGHSTA, Transport, Safety and Liaison, Mr Bentley Vass, attended the Northern Cape Excellence Awards hosted by the Provincial Commissioner of SAPS, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, during an elegant event on Friday, 06 December 2024, at the Boontjieskraal Conference Centre in Kimberley.

Officers and members from the Northern Cape Province were acknowledged and awarded for service excellence in 34 various categories.

This platform showcases the achievement by members both in support and operational environments, demonstrating their individual and team efforts in serving the organization and our communities.

Delivering they Keynote Address, MEC Vass said “All our 92 police stations in this Province, must become centre of excellence and ensure safer communities for all the residents of this Province. We must continue to inspire confidence – confidence that we will always observe ethical policing, and be in the corner of vulnerable South Africans”

MEC Vass continued to say “ethical policing demands that we as employees of the South African Police Service, act with integrity and respect for people’s diversity and the law, thereby enhancing service excellence to the approval of the public”.

In her message, Lieutenant General Otola stated that the SAPS is an organization which places great value in all its employees and recognizes the sacrifices and invaluable contributions that each employee puts into the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisation.

MEC Vass congratulates all the winners of the awards and wishes all the officers and members of the SAPS family, a joyous festive season.