FREE STATE – Police Minister, General Bheki Cele will on Friday, 17 December 2021, pay visit for annual Safer Festive Season Inspection Tour to Free State.

The visit forms part of efforts by the South African Police Service, to channel resources to areas where they are most needed, to ensure police deal decisively with crime during the holiday season.

Under the theme, “Extending our reach through blue light visibility” Minister Cele together with the SAPS management team from national and the province led by the Provincial Commissioner of Free State Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane, will assess the effectiveness of Safer Festive Season plans put in place, to ensure that residents and holidaymakers are and feel safe, during the holiday season.

Members of the media are invited to attend the event.

The day will unfold as follows:

➡️Venue 1: Parade; Central Park, CBD Stateway, Welkom,

Time: 09:00

Date: 17 December 2021

➡️ Venue 2: Visit to ongoing operations

Time: 10:30

Date: 17 December 2021

➡️ Venue 3: Meet and greet shoppers; Goldfields mall, Welkom

Time: 12:30

Date: 17 December 2021

➡️ Venue 4: Meet and greet commuters; Mannys Taxi rank, Welkom

Time: 13:15

Date: 17 December 2021

➡️ Venue 5: Township visit; Black move lifestyle Chesa Nyama

Time: 14:15

Date: 17 December 2021

Source: South African Police Service