CoJ and JMPD honour fallen heroes
CoJ mayor, Clr Parks Tau and Clr Connie Bapela honoured three JMPD officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
JMPD and the City of Johannesburg shared a moment of silence to honour three officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The service took place on Sunday, April 10, in Braamfontein.
The solemn service, conducted by Emergency Management Services’ (EMS) Reverend Seelan Govender, was in honour of JMPD officers Dameen Robson (37), Zamane Praisegod Zwane (35) and Sandile Request Nkonyane (39), whose names have now been added to a list of Johannesburg’s fallen heroes on the marble memorial in the piazza.
Robson’s mother, who attended the service with her husband, children and her late son’s two young children, said she was taking it one day at a time since her son was gunned down outside their home in January.
A distraught Londiwe Zulu (33) sat still throughout the ceremony, looking weighed down by her tragic loss. Her husband, Nkonyane, was hit and dragged to his death by a taxi driver in City Deep on Tuesday, March 15. Their two-year-old daughter stood next to her.
Bongwa Mbele said his brother, Zwane, was killed in a motorbike accident on the N1 freeway on March 2. A motorist travelling in the same direction allegedly changed lanes on the blind spot without checking, killing him instantly. Apart from his two siblings, Zwane is survived by two daughters.
The Johannesburg Regiment Memorial Service and Wreath-laying Ceremony, which every year pays tribute to slain South African National Defence Force, JMPD and Johannesburg EMS officers, was attended by about 150 people and brought together families united in their grief.
