'ELSIES RIVER NEEDS HELP NOW'

WITH the Elsies River policing community struggling to keep rampant crime under control, mense are calling for urgent help.

- BY KIM SWARTZ

In an open letter to the national policing minister, MEC for policing oversight and community safety, national SAPS commissioner, provincial SAPS commissioner and MMC for safety and security, former chairman of the local Community Policing Forum Imraahn Mukaddam is leading the charge.

The community has not had a Community Policing Forum (CPF) board since December 2024 after it was disbanded following controversies and it has also dealt with the unexplained removal of their brigadier and station commander.

And while Mukaddam was also axed, he believes it’s unfair for the community to suffer.