Tributes for much-loved east station commander
The Station Commander of Boschkop SAPS, Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond Monyai contracted Covid-19 and lost the battle on Sunday.
The community of Boschkop gathered on Wednesday morning, to honour Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond Monyai with a guard of honour.
Monyai (55) was station commander at the Boschkop police station. He died on Sunday, after contracting Covid-19.
The guard of honour was conducted by the Boschkop CPF, local police and community members at the Boschkop police station.
Monyai’s family was escorted to the station for a handover of flowers and a prayer.
Boschkop CPF chairperson Loss Welsch spoke highly of Monyai.
He described him as a man who loved to serve the community and make sacrifices.
Monyai was known by his colleagues and commanders as a great leader with a high sense of discipline and confidence, which he always strove to instill in the members under his command, said police spokesperson Mathapelo Peters.
His colleagues at the station and in the Tshwane district, unanimously praised the energetic station commander who to them, always went beyond the call of duty as a leader and a father figure.
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Monyai will be fondly remembered for his famous line, “emotional investment”, a slogan he preached and lived as he served and protected each community he was placed at.
Monyai started as general assistant at Pretoria Central and then a police constable in 1995.
In 1995, he received an award for best general assistant before enrolling that same year as a constable.
“He worked hard, always exceeding expectation, earning a promotion to sergeant at Sunnyside SAPS in just two years. He worked in various components of the SAPS in different police stations in Tshwane, climbing the ladder until his appointment in 2017, as station commander of Boschkop,” said Peters.
He had several medals bestowed on him over the years in recognition and appreciation of his service in the SAPS and excellent performance.
“The recent deaths of members of the SAPS come at a time when, in compliance with the Covid-19 disaster management lockdown regulations, management have imposed a restriction on the traditional, ceremonial full complement official funeral service, meaning that colleagues and peers of deceased members are unable to pay their respects in a befitting manner,” said Gauteng acting provincial commissioner Major-General Johan Ndlovu.
Ndlovu extended condolences to the Monyai family and everyone who worked closely with the late station commander.
He will be buried on Saturday, in Montana, Pretoria.
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