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NCEBA DLADLA NATIONAL Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele visited Nelson Mandela Bay yesterday for the national launch of the SA Police’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit at the Raymond Mhlaba Indoor Sports Centre in Motherwell. Together with Deputy Minister for Police, Magdalene Sotyu and a host of other national police brass including National Deputy Commissioner Gen. Bonang Mgwenya, Eastern Cape Commissioner Lt. General Celiwe Binta, Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy Mayor Nancy Sihlwayi, Gen. Cele urged men to stop abusing women and children. According to Cele, the FCS Unit was launched in Mandela Bay because the region has a high rate of sexual offences against the weak and vulnerable members of the community. “This is a national problem. While it is true that there have been cases of physical and sexual abuse against men, I have still to see a court case of a serial rapist who is a woman in this country,” said Gen. Cele. He said that the scourge of abuse which is tarnishing the image of this country was perpetuated by those who do not even qualify to be called men. “I urge you as members of the community to assist the police in arresting perpetrators of these ills in our society and I want police to be on fire in dealing with these - Bopha! (arrest). In the same vein, Cele cautioned young women not to become victims of abduction, robbery, rape and murder by being gullible. “Why would you go out to meet someone you have never seen before in a hotel in another city? What do you expect?” asked Cele, referring to a widely publicised case of a serial rapist and murderer who used the internet to lure victims who wanted to become models.

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Ndosi, as General Cele is affectionately known, applauded the police for the recently released crime statistics which indicated a drop in criminal activities and a high rate of arrest. “This is because of you - men and women in blue. I am proud of you. Continue to do that. Arrest criminals everywhere you see them. Squeeze the area so that they don’t have space

to hide,” said Cele. Speaking about domestic violence, Cele said he hoped the FSC Unit will be manned by women as they are sensitive and understanding when dealing with the victims of this heinous crime. Cele told police never to try and “negotiate” with the abused victim to go back to the abuser as “police are not the negotiators but the arresters.”

National Police Commissioner Gen. Bheki Cele, Deputy Minister of Police Maggie Sotyu and Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy Mayor Cllr. Nancy Sihlwayi were united in song during the national launch of the SA Police’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit at Raymond Mhlaba Indoor Sports Centre in Motherwell yesterday. Photo: Nceba Dladla

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Deputy Minister Sotyu commended Gen. Cele for his commitment to dealing harshly with criminals. Sotyu announced that her department has issued the FCS Unit with 20 vehicles to ensure that there is no complaint of scarcity of transport when an arrest has to be made. She urged the unit to help build healthy families who report crime and live by the slogan “It starts with me”.

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