The Eastern Cape Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) Women’s Network, under the umbrella body of Hawks embarked in a strategic and value-driven alliance with Men for Change, executed a historic humanitarian outreach programme in Majola, Port St Johns.
Three elderly women from the most disadvantaged families benefited in this initiative, as they received groceries, clothes, blankets, sponge mattresses, bed linen and cutlery. The women included Magobinamba Nqotsi (58) and Owesini Kalani Silangani (89) and Gatyana Velakhe (95).
The outreach programme had blessings from the Eastern Cape provincial Head, Major General Obed Ngwenya who endorsed it. The initiative, which entailed a structured visit and direct support to three socio-economically disadvantaged families, represents a seminal milestone as first community upliftment intervention of magnitude spearheaded by the Women’s Network within the component.
Magobinamba Nqotsi stressed her gratitude to the Hawks stating that it would change the situation within her family. “I never thought that they are people who are watching our sufferings in these remote areas like Majola. Kwande apho bathathe khona,” concluded Nqotsi.
In his statement Hawks head Ngwenya stressed that this pioneering engagement reflects a sophisticated and constitutionally anchored understanding of modern law enforcement, acknowledging the fight against priority crime cannot be divorced from the broader socio-economic realities confronting communities. Meanwhile the grogramme was led with distinction by Captain Siphokazi Majiza.
