{"id":47080,"date":"2024-04-29T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T04:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/polisieman-sterf-kollega-erg-beseer-20240424-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:53:19","slug":"polisieman-sterf-kollega-erg-beseer-20240424-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/polisieman-sterf-kollega-erg-beseer-20240424-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Polisieman sterf, kollega erg beseer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Die besluit van \u2019n ongeduldige vragmotorbestuurder om verby \u2019n motor wat agter \u2019n stilstaande vragmotor gewag het, te ry en die stukkende vragmotor verby te steek, het Saterdagmiddag<\/a> noodlottige gevolge gehad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heel voor in die aankomende verkeer op die Velddrif-Piketbergpad di\u00e9 middag omstreeks 16:45 was die gesoute polisieman AO Hennie Swarts (59) en konst. Donovan Katzke (29) van die Laaiplek-polisiekantoor in Velddrif. Hulle was op pad na \u2019n plaas in die omgewing om \u2019n klagte te ondersoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AO Hennie Swarts (59) Foto: SAPD<\/div>\n
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Konst. Donovan Katzke (29)<\/div>\n
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Kapt. Tania Helfrich, \u2019n woordvoerder vir die Weskus-polisie, s\u00ea die vragmotor wat Moses Tom bestuur het, het reg van voor teen die polisiebakkie gebots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swarts, \u2019n skofbevelvoerder wat oor \u2019n jaar sou aftree, is op slag dood en Katzke is ernstig beseer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom is in hegtenis geneem en het Maandag op \u2019n aanklag van strafbare manslag in die Laaiplek-landdroshof verskyn. Hy het geen beserings in die ongeluk opgedoen het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swarts en Katzke is twee van sy staatmakers, het die bevelvoerder, Bossie Bostelmann, ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSwarts was geliefd onder almal \u2013 polisielede, die gemeenskap, die buurtwag, die gemeenskapspolisi\u00ebringsforum, die sakekamer . . . Hy was nog old school <\/em>en het geglo dat \u2019n ding reg of weg is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swarts het sowat 42 jaar gelede by die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens aangesluit en het diens gedoen in onder meer KwaZulu-Natal en die Vrystaat voordat hy sewe jaar gelede by Laaiplek vir diens aangemeld het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katzke is al agt jaar \u2019n polisieman \u2013 \u2019n werk wat hy volgens sy vrou, Chane, geniet. Hy werk al amper vyf jaar by die Laaiplek-polisiekantoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vir Chane is dit \u2019n wonderwerk en \u201c \u2019n goddelike ingryping\u201d dat haar man nog lewe. Hy het sy bobeen, knie, voorarm, regtervoet en sy kakebeen op twee plekke in die botsing gebreek. Hy is tot gister (Woensdag 24 April) onder verdowing gehou. Die swelling en bloeding op sy brein het al beter gelyk, maar daar is \u2019n groot kans dat hy \u2019n tyd lank aan korttermyngeheueverlies kan ly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katzke het reeds Sondag \u2019n ses uur lange operasie gehad om die gebreekte ledemate te heg, maar sy regtervoet gaan nog verskeie operasies verg om heeltemal te herstel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chane het ges\u00ea hy gaan ook chirurgie aan sy gesig moet kry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daar l\u00ea nog \u2019n swaar herstel- en rehabilitasietyd vir Katzke voor. Die dokters voorspel tussen drie tot ses maande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnny da Silva, voorsitter van die Velddrif-sakekamer, s\u00ea die sakegemeenskap verneem met \u2019n swaar hart en groot hartseer van Swarts se dood. \u201cHy was \u2019n toegewyde en waardevolle lid van die gemeenskap wat erg gemis sal word. Ons eer sy diens en die impak wat hy op diegene rondom hom gehad het. Mag sy siel in vrede rus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swarts se vrou wil nie in hierdie stadium met die media praat nie..<\/span> \u2019n Begrafnisdiens vir Swarts word m\u00f4re (Vrydag 26 April) om 11:00 in die NG Kerk Velddrif gehou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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