{"id":107828,"date":"2015-12-09T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107828\/police-take-education-to-the-community\/"},"modified":"2015-12-10T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:10:12","slug":"police-take-education-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/09\/police-take-education-to-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Police take education to the community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Educating the community about how to combat the abuse of women and children is important to the Primrose SAPS.<\/p>\n

To this end, the police, together with the Primrose Crime Prevention Youth Desk and various speakers recently held a 16 Days of Activism Against the Abuse of Women and Children event, to which residents of Primrose\u2019s informal settlements were invited.<\/p>

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The Germiston SAPS cluster commander, Brig Phumla Mdlankomo, explained to the community what domestic violence is and advised them not to commit crime.<\/p>\n

She added that the police will continue to close all the illegal shebeens, as they are the main source of domestic violence in informal settlements.<\/p>

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Hendrik Sibara, from Ekurhuleni Disaster Management and Emergency Services, spoke to the audience about the challenges emergency services encounter when attending to shack fires, and Khalusho Pilusa, from the department of social development, spoke to the crowd about drugs and drug use.<\/p>\n

Martin Barnard, the founder of Chubby Chums for the Children\u2019s Homes, discussed the Child Care Act, and Lunga Mahlahlo, a community development worker, talked about parenting skills.<\/p>\n

Sgt Styles Maome, the communications officer for the Primrose SAPS, said: \u201cThe day was a success and we hope the community has a better understanding of how to report and combat crime against women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n