Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Eastern Cape

CENTANE - A police trainee, Athenkosi Beko, was laid to rest today at Centuli Location in Centane.

Acting District Commissioner Brigadier Ngangema Xakavu and his Police officers attended the funeral of late police trainee, after he passed away while he was training to be a police officer at Sai Academy in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Brigadier Ngangema Xakavu said that Beko joined SAPS in April 2022 and he got ill while in the Academy. He sent condolences to the family on behalf of the SAPS and thanked the family for allowing their son to be part of men and women in blue.

Mr Beko, a family representative, described Beko as a man with a vision who liked to study. Warrant Officer (Rev) Ngcepe comforted the family with the word of God that they must not be shaken but to trust God wholeheartedly.

The family appreciated the presence of the Police at the funeral.

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