{"id":245316,"date":"2022-12-12T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T07:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/condolences-for-policeman-killed-in-soweto-floods\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T09:58:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T07:58:45","slug":"condolences-for-policeman-killed-in-soweto-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/condolences-for-policeman-killed-in-soweto-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Condolences for policeman killed in Soweto floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202212\/fanniemasemola3_0.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of a policeman who died during last week\u2019s floods in Soweto.<\/p>\n<p>The body of the officer, Warrant Officer Ntsako Pataka, 36, was on Sunday recovered in the township. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, said the off-duty member\u2019s private vehicle was swept away in floods caused by heavy downpours on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She said since then, Search and Rescue (SAR) teams have been hard at work in recovering the member\u2019s body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pataka was attached to the Division: Protection and Security Services (PSS) where he served as an in-transit VIP Protector. The member had 15 years of service, having joined the organisation in 2007.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Masemola thanked the SAR and emergency personnel, who worked tirelessly to recover the body of the member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tragic ending for us as the SAPS and the family of the member. We were hoping for a positive outcome. We thank all teams involved in this operation for their efforts in finding the body of the deceased member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Warrant Officer Ntsako Patako, SAPS management salutes you for choosing to serve your country with diligence and honour until your untimely death. May your soul rest in perfect peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mathe said in-house psychologists and chaplains from the SAPS Employee Health and Wellness Component have been dispatched to provide psychosocial services to the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased member.&nbsp;\u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of a policeman who died during last week\u2019s floods in Soweto. The body of the officer, Warrant Officer Ntsako Pataka, 36, was on Sunday recovered in the township. &nbsp; South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-245316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/condolences-for-policeman-killed-in-soweto-floods.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}