Colonel Attie Drotsche has been appointed as Divisional Commissioner of Police in Namibia in place of Major General Vic Verster. Colonel Drotsche, who was born in Namibia, was, among his other police posts, the last District Commandant in the Transkei before its "independence" in 1976. He returned to Windhoek in August 1978 to take up the post of Divisional Inspector of Police in Windhoek.
Maj-Gen Vic Verster, who served as Namibia's Divisional Commissioner for four years, has been transferred to police headquarters in Pretoria to take charge of riot control for both South Africa and Namibia. According to the Windhoek Observer, Maj-Gen Verster is "generally acknowledged as one of the toughest policemen ever to take command". He is "uncompromising and rather relentless" and regards the police as playing a key role in counter-insurgency. (WO 27.1.79; WA 2.2.79)
