Randfontein mourns death of beloved police officer

Captain Christoffel Hendrikus Johannes de Beer, a beloved and respected member of the Randfontein Police, died in a private hospital at the age of 50 on Tuesday morning, July 6.

Captain De Beer’s son, Morné confirmed to the Herald that the hospital notified him of his father’s passing by telephone at approximately 02:00 on Tuesday morning.

He was in hospital for a week and a half. At this stage we cannot disclose the cause of his death,” Morné said.

Chairperson of the Randfontein Community Policing Forum (CPF), Zaheer Gangat said De Beer was the manager of Sector 3.

“The Randfontein CPF would like to pass our sincere condolences to the De Beer family and Randfontein Police with the loss of our pillar of strength, our mentor, Captain De Beer, who was the manager for Sector 3 (Randfontein CBD, Aureus, Bongweni, Hectorton, Homelake, West Porges and Robin Park).

Captain De Beer always went above and beyond the call of duty. He was a guide to patrollers in the CBD, suburbs, plots and farms. We have lost a giant in the community. Rest well our dear Captain, you have served with excellence,” Gangat said.

Randfontein Police station commander, Brigadier Jacob Manamela said, “We really lost a committed and loyal officer who worked closely with the community of Randfontein. May God comfort the family and members. De Beer was like family to me. You woke him up at night and he would always avail himself to the community. This is a great loss to the police and the community.”

De Beer has been in the police service for 31 years and is survived by his wife, Liza and five sons.