Local learner wins Junior Commissioner title
“The Junior Commissioners are school safety ambassadors who monitor and make sure that our learners in the district and at police stations are safe.”
Learners and officers from across the Ekurhuleni district gathered in Greenstone when they attended the Junior Commissioners Competition.
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Hosted at Redemption Church on July 21, the event was held in partnership with the Department of Basic Education.
An Actonville learner, Eugene Mavesere, won the title of junior commissioner.
He attends Etwatwa Secondary School.
Police stations which had learners from their precincts contending for the title included Actonville, Benoni, Crystal Park, Tskane Daveyton, Etwatwa, Alberton, Germiston, Thokoza, Brakpan and Olifantsfontein.
Ivory Park and Duduza police stations pulled out of the competition.
Pastor Susan Henry welcomed the attendees on behalf of Redemption Church.
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“Today we hope to serve you and to all our parents and educators supporting the learners you guys rock. One day we hope to see these learners in top positions,” said Henry.
Edenvale Police station commander Colonel Ntombomzi Basholo said it was a great pleasure to have everyone in Edenvale for the event, giving acknowledgement to the learners whom Basholo described as the hope of the future.
She thanked them for making the event possible and assisting police in fighting crime.
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CPF representative Pearl Manqele said the competition, initiated by former national commissioner Khehla Sitole, started four years ago.
“It started at station level and grew nationally,” said Manqele.
“The junior commissioners are school safety ambassadors who monitor and make sure that our learners in the district and at police stations are safe.
“Working in partnership with the Department of Education, we agreed that junior commissioners would serve for a term of three years.”
Poet Kananelo Makhitse encouraged the learners to never fear their individuality. He said in most cases, crime among youth stems from peer pressure.
Focussing on this, he encouraged the learners to take time and think about their decisions and role-players such as themselves, friends, pastors, parents and the government before making them.
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“Never decide in anger,” he said.
Gauteng’s deputy junior commissioner for corporate services, Tshireletso Seboko, said he could see a direct link between the SAPS and the youth.
She congratulated contenders for making it as far as they had and reminded them to do their best, no matter the pressures they faced.
