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Safer South Africa Foundation
Safer South Africa Foundation is a crime prevention and community safety non-profit organisation based in South Africa.

History and Leadership
Responding to South Africa's alarming violent crime problem, and following a 2011 round-table discussion on crime prevention and promotion of community safety, which was initiated by the COSATU affiliated Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU), in Midrand, South Africa, the Safer South Africa Foundation was established in 2012. The current Chief Executive Officer of the Safer South Africa Foundation is Riah Phiyega, former National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service.

Offices
Safer South Africa Foundation has offices in Pretoria, South Africa (Head Office).

Board of Directors
Safer South Africa Foundation is a statutory body and the Board members are appointed in terms of its gazetted Constitution:
 * Dr Tshenuwani Farisani (Chairperson)
 * Azwihangwisi Nesengani
 * Advocate Tseliso Thipanyane
 * General Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega
 * Brigadier Palesa Maria Oliphant

Flagship Programme: Communities & Justice
Safer South Africa Foundation initiated the Communities and Justice Programme as its flagship in 2013. The programme is aimed at empowering communities and promoting a better relationship between the practitioners within the Criminal Justice System and the communities they serve. The programme engages learners in schools around South Africa; educating them on road safety; crime and violence prevention; school safety; community policing; correctional services practice, justice, human rights and other related issues. It exposes learners to law enforcement facilities, such as courts and correctional facilities for experiential learning and information sharing to dispel myths that young people may hold about the South African Criminal Justice System.

Programme Partners

 * South African Police Service (SAPS)
 * Metropolitan Police (in various city regions)
 * Department of Justice and Correctional Services
 * National Prosecution Services (NPA)
 * Correctional Services
 * National Traffic Police
 * Gauteng Department of Education (GDE)
 * South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
 * Tears Foundation