Former top cop Myburgh dies

FORMER Police General Koos Myburgh died in hospital at the age of 75 yesterday, following a heart attack on Friday.

‘Oom’ Koos – as he became known following his retirement – served as Commissioner of the Namibian-South West African Police until 1988, when he retired to a small holding in Brakwater, near Windhoek. Oom Koos was well-known as one of the patrons of the Brakwater smallholdings farmer’s union – a social club which started as a CB (civilian band) radio network in the early 1970s.He was working on a collection of humorous police stories before his death.He leaves a wife, Lenie, four children and several grandchildren.Oom Koos was well-known as one of the patrons of the Brakwater smallholdings farmer’s union – a social club which started as a CB (civilian band) radio network in the early 1970s.He was working on a collection of humorous police stories before his death.He leaves a wife, Lenie, four children and several grandchildren.

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