Mthatha’s SAPS cluster members clubbed together to raise funds for Eastern Cape Catholic nun Sister Mary Paul Tacke’s children’s projects.
The cluster’s Women’s Network and Men For Change, led by cluster commander Major-General Sizakhele Dyantyi, pampered the young residents of the Norwood-based Thembelihle Home and Ikhwezi-based Bethany Children’s Home with groceries, clothing, toys and bedding totalling over R17000.
oThe money was raised by police officers and support staff from the nine police stations encompassing the Mthatha SAPS cluster.
The children were also entertained with music when the men and women in blue visited the Bethany home and Glen Avent Convent where Tacke lived.
Mthatha cluster Women's Network champion Colonel Bongiwe Fikela said the gesture was to commemorate Tacke, and mark Child Protection week and Africa Month.
“We do not want the legacy of Sister Paul to die with her. She dedicated her life to improve the lives of our poor and needy people. Her death was not in vain and she will remain a heroine.”
Born in the USA and dubbed Mthatha’s Mother Theresa, Tacke spent more almost six decades teaching in the Eastern Cape and caring for the poor and needy.
The 82-year-old Tacke died after being abducted as she finished delivering food to her children’s project, Thembelihle Home, in Norwood in Mthatha on June 15 2014.
Her body, still in the full nun habit, was found in a stream between Tyharha village and Nyandeni Great Place in Libode on June 16 2014.
Her killer Asiphe Ndikinda was sentenced to 25 years in jail by the Mthatha High Court on April 21.
Tacke, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood, served more than 57 years as a nun in rural Transkei and left an indelible mark on the lives of thousands of people.
Bethany is home to about 80 children ranging from newborns to six-year-olds and is a non-profit organisation.
It relies on the assistance of good Samaritans to stay afloat.
Memory of slain nun kept alive
The cluster’s Women’s Network and Men For Change, led by cluster commander Major-General Sizakhele Dyantyi, pampered the young residents of the Norwood-based Thembelihle Home and Ikhwezi-based Bethany Children’s Home with groceries, clothing, toys and bedding totalling over R17000.
oThe money was raised by police officers and support staff from the nine police stations encompassing the Mthatha SAPS cluster.
The children were also entertained with music when the men and women in blue visited the Bethany home and Glen Avent Convent where Tacke lived.
Mthatha cluster Women's Network champion Colonel Bongiwe Fikela said the gesture was to commemorate Tacke, and mark Child Protection week and Africa Month.
“We do not want the legacy of Sister Paul to die with her. She dedicated her life to improve the lives of our poor and needy people. Her death was not in vain and she will remain a heroine.”
Born in the USA and dubbed Mthatha’s Mother Theresa, Tacke spent more almost six decades teaching in the Eastern Cape and caring for the poor and needy.
The 82-year-old Tacke died after being abducted as she finished delivering food to her children’s project, Thembelihle Home, in Norwood in Mthatha on June 15 2014.
Her body, still in the full nun habit, was found in a stream between Tyharha village and Nyandeni Great Place in Libode on June 16 2014.
Her killer Asiphe Ndikinda was sentenced to 25 years in jail by the Mthatha High Court on April 21.
Tacke, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood, served more than 57 years as a nun in rural Transkei and left an indelible mark on the lives of thousands of people.
Bethany is home to about 80 children ranging from newborns to six-year-olds and is a non-profit organisation.
It relies on the assistance of good Samaritans to stay afloat.
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