Speaking at a council meeting on Thursday, October 30, in Germiston, he encouraged residents to take a firm stand against crime,
Gungubele was paying tribute to Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Mayiwa, and Olympic champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, who both passed away this week.
“Even at the height of apartheid, sport brought South Africa together,” he said.
“We have hosted a number of international sporting events, including the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 1996 Afocon and 2010 Fifa World Cup, where South Africans from all walks of life came together in harmony and support of their country.”
Gungubele added that sport heroes must be treasured, because they are the glue that keeps us together.
“It is only a person who does not understand the role sport people play in the fibre of the nation who can take the life of Senzo Meyiwa.
“This was a national asset who was doing an excellent duty for the country, but some ungrateful thug did not even think of such,” he said.
Gungubele asked South Africans to stand up and put a stop to crime, saying it is not the duty of only the police to create order, but that communities create order and the police maintain it.
“The time is now to stop crime, otherwise we shall continue losing our prominent personalities through evil,” he said.
