More than 100 golf players raised R6.6 million for the South African Police Education Trust Fund (SAPSET) as part of National Police Day.
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Cabinet approved 27 January as National Police Day in 2005 to honour the sacrifices that the men and women in blue make each day.
Over the last four years, 140 police officers lost their lives in the line of duty; the majority of them the breadwinners of their families.
On Thursday, more than 100 golf players from various corporate companies across South Africa pledged and raised funds for the SAPSET, which currently funds the educational needs of children from Grade RR to the tertiary level. The effort resulted in a total of R6 678 256 being raised for the cause.

The cause was held at the Strand Golf Club on 25 January. The SAPSET was established by the South African Police Service on 23 November 2010 to provide educational support to the children of deceased members.
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About 1 078 children have been supported via the fund to date. Of these, 54 have graduated and 146 completed and have a National Senior Certificate, says Brigadier Athlenda Mathe.
‘These funds go a long way in making a meaningful difference in the lives of these children left behind, says police minister Beki Cele.
‘The least we can do is to ensure these children don’t carry an extra burden of stressing about school fees, books, and school uniforms knowing their educational needs have been taken care of. We hope more corporates and the overall business fraternity will in future come on board to support this cause.’
The National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Fannie Masemola, thanked the South African police force for ‘risking their lives on a daily basis’.
‘On this day, we pay gratitude to you, our men and women in blue who work tirelessly to hunt down dangerous criminals, remove illegal and unlicensed firearms, remove drugs off our streets and work hard to ensure successful convictions in court for perpetrators of crime. Let’s continue to work hard to rid our country of criminality.
‘We urge communities to embrace our police officers and work together with them to stop the killing of our own. From January 2023 to date, 33 police officers were killed on duty and today we are laying a Constable to rest who was run over by a truck while assisting at an accident scene in KZN.
‘These killings have to stop, and they can only stop if communities take a stand against them.’
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