SAPS, local businesses step in for Marselle family

Members of the South African Police Service stepped in to assist a family who lost all their belongings after a fire destroyed their home in Marselle recently.

They co-ordinated donations from Build It in Bushman’s, Kenton SPAR, Posh charity shop and Gift of Legacy.

Mother of three Vuyokazi

Antoni said she was overwhelmed with gratitude for the generosity of the police, business and community members from as far afield as Port Alfred and Alexandria.

Captain Tommie Parkinson, station commander of Kenton on Sea, applauded everyone who contributed food, clothes and building materials. He led a visit to Antoni and her three daughters last week.

George Petzer, chair of the newly elected Ndlambe Victim Empowerment Programme, added his thanks to the donors.

He also took the opportunity to urge all communities to stand together against domestic violence.

Kenton community leader Mike Konaha said this kind of collaboration was an excellent example of the way partnerships between the community and the police were working in Kentonon-Sea.

this kind of collaboration was an excellent example of the way partnerships between the community and the police are working in Kenton-On-Sea

Picture: SUPPLIED COMMUNITY CARE: Built It, SPAR and other local businesses partnered with the police recently to help a Marselle family in need. They are, back from left, SPAR’s Verlin Jacobs, Kenton-on-Sea station commander Captain Tommie Parkinson, community leader Mike Konaha, Ndlambe Victim Empowerment Programme chair George Petzer and SPAR’s Malibongwe Nabo, who handed over food, clothes and building material to Vuyokazi Antoni, front right, and her three daughters. The family lost everything in a fire.