Imtiaz Sooliman – Gift of the Givers office burgled
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The speaker discusses the history of violence and the need for community involvement in addressing criminal gangs and drug addiction. They emphasize the importance of rebuilding trust and empowering criminals, particularly those involved in the criminal gangs. The speaker also mentions a burglary at a Cape Town police station and the potential impact on the lives of many people.
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Is lots of history of violence. They call us, you know, and they
walk with us, and nobody interferes. Quite often, we lead
away, even before they say, PS, so we have the relationship and the
respect of people all over the country, you Yeah. I mean, you get
some kind of bad element that, you know, take a chance. And the thing
is, the office they went into really does not carry much stuff.
Normally, it was just there because we were busy with floods
itself. But we don't really stop something. And also we have good
security systems. But unfortunately, with a load
shedding everywhere else in the country, the alarm systems, the
battery dies. It doesn't work at certain times. And you know, it's
just, I mean, butters have not been installed yet because we
started bringing that in all the different offices and warehouses.
But then the fester system came, and it closed and the inverters
were going to be installed. So it just one of those unfortunate
situations. But there's, you know, there's good in what has happened
to me, the greatest good that has happened, it shows deficiency of
the saps. And when communities work hand in hand with you, and
they prepared to surrender people that are from their own community.
We can fight crime in a big way, in a very fast way in this
country, all we need to do is to rebuild the trust between saps and
the communities from where the governors come. And if we do that,
I can see a great future in crime fighting in the country. And, of
course, the other part, from a spiritual point of view, we need
to give criminal criminals the opportunity to fix themselves and
their own souls. And if that happens, you know, when you have
no criminals, you don't have need to have crime fighting. It's a
dream. It's, you know, it's, maybe it's a long term goal, but it's
not impossible. It we can bring to that. We need to improve the
economic situation in the country, create jobs, have opportunities,
especially for the youth, and in time, we can turn the situation
around.
Do you have a message for the community members who assisted you
in apprehending the guilty parties, or perhaps for those bad
elements themselves, just to sort of you know, help them understand
the gravitas of of you know, stealing from an organization who
aims to give so much to communities,
my message has always been the same. It's that same community
from anaba Park where one of our volunteers shot four years ago. I
mean, I'm a routine and you know, again, this community support
within 48 hours, those who were involved who apprehended, and
about a month ago, they were given a 25 year sentence, virtually
people to life. And again, the community played a great role. So
my message to community is very, very clear. We are extremely
thankful to you for what you've done in this instance and many
other instances. And do know who the criminals are in your area? It
could be your son, your brother, your father, your uncle. You have
a responsibility to expose that and pass that information on
today's years, because we need to clean our society, and you are the
ones that need to change that. You're the state, people who are
responsible for promoting drugs, involved, for killing and beyond,
family members that, in the long run, may suffer, but in this way,
if you expose them and hopefully given a chance to reform and
change their ways. And this is a call to all people, all all
criminals in South Africa. It's never too late. You know, I speak
from a divine point of view, from a spiritual point of view that is
always a chance to uplift and improve. And we call upon you to
change your ways, to be an asset to the community, to help your own
kids lives, your family lives, and your lives. And let's make a
change in the interest of all the people of our country and we
embrace thank you so much. Your positivity is absolutely
infectious gift of the givers. Founder intiaz Suleiman talking to
us about a burglary at the Cape Town office. Good news, though,
many of the suspects, alleged suspects, apprehended and some of
the goods already returned. The.