A new executive committee for the Somerset West Community Policing Forum (CPF) was elected at its annual general meeting on Wednesday 27 November. The committee is led by chairperson Dane Thomas, with Christiaan Loots (vice-chairperson), Tony van Minnen (treasurer), Jo Swart (public relations officer), Madelein Andrews (secretary), and Athi Ndwebi (project coordinator). Additional members include Sue Buckland (deputy project coordinator), Llewellyn Pistorius (victim support room coordinator), Ellen Esau (neighbourhood watch coordinator), and Nathanael Pekeur. The committee was chosen from preselected nominees put forward by registered CPF organisations. Somerset West Police Station Commander, Colonel Jacolize Fleischmann, expressed satisfaction with the new team, noting that “new blood” was needed in the area. She also thanked the outgoing CPF for their role in helping police reduce crime and announced that the satellite Sir Lowry’s Pass Police Station would soon have its own sub-CPF committee dedicated to the area. Pictured (back, from left) are Captain Charles Riffel (station commander of the satellite Sir Lowry’s Pass Police Station), Nathanael Pekeur, Jo Swart, Ward 84 councillor Norman McFarlane, Ward 15 councillor Gregory Pe


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