Top achievers to be honoured at Police Service Awards
Thousands of police officers from across the country are set to descend on the Greater Durban area in the coming days ahead of National Police Day.
Festivities kick off on Thursday with a golf day at the Durban Country Club to raise funds for the SAPS Education Trust.
The trust aims to finance the educational needs of children whose parents have died in the line of duty.
The country's top officers will then be honoured at the fifth Annual National Service Excellence Awards at the ICC on Friday night.
"All members that have excelled or gone beyond their call of duty will be awarded for their excellence. It is a black tie event and members from all over the country have been nominated and will be attending this award - we're looking at the region of 750 to 1000 people that will be attending," National Police spokesperson, Vish Naidoo says.
National Police Day will then be celebrated at the Mpumalanga Stadium near Hammarsdale, west of Durban on Saturday.