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SAPS Mount Road members remember their fallen colleagues while welcoming the New Year

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Port Elizabeth – The year 2020 will always be remembered as a bleak and dark year for millions of people across the globe. In South Africa more than 27 000 people have succumbed to the Covid-19 virus and included in this number are the frontline workers.

On 28 December 2020, during his address, President Cyril Ramaphosa called on all South Africans to each light a candle in appreciation to the frontline workers who made great sacrifices during 2020 and also in memory of those who have lost their lives due to Covid-19. The lighting of the candle is also symbolic in that the year ahead will bring health, peace and hope to all South Africans.

Our police officers, like the health care workers, risk contracting the virus while enforcing the regulations of the Disaster Management Act as well as ensuring that all citizens are and feel safe.

In remembering our colleagues and their extended families who have succumbed to the virus in 2020, members at SAPS Mount Road and other stations across Nelson Mandela Bay heeded to the call of our President and as we entered into the new year at the stroke of midnight, each lit a candle in their memories.

Let us be optimistic that 2021 would spare the lives of our frontline workers as they serve their country with dedication, pride, passion and commitment that is deserving of the highest accolade one could award to its heroes.

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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.