City hosts Remembrance Day service for fallen Safety and Security staff members

27 July 2024

The service and wreath-laying ceremony happens annually, attended by relatives of the fallen members.  

The memorial wall on the Concourse Level in the Civic Centre holds the names of 68 staff members in the City's Safety and Security Directorate.

Thirty-nine of them died in the line of duty, dating back to 1907.

The latest name to be inscribed was that of Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officer, Zanikhaya Kwinana, who was killed when gunmen opened fire on a patrol vehicle in Nyanga in August 2023.

In 2022, the names of 29 staff members who succumbed to Covid-19 were added to the wall.

The full list is available here: https://bit.ly/3SnMhnK

Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith led the service and wreath-laying ceremony, attended by relatives of the fallen members.  

Mayor Hill-Lewis: https://bit.ly/3zWL28F

Alderman Smith: https://bit.ly/4cPbJL3

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City of Cape Town, Media Office