Latest news with #KeamogetsweBuys
eNCA
10-05-2025
- eNCA
Buys remembered as a committed police officer
BLOEMFONTEIN - Mourners in Bloemfontein have paid tribute to Constable Keamogetswe Buys, remembering her as a devoted Christian and a committed police officer. She's one of three Crime Intelligence officers recovered from the Hennops River last week. Constables Buys and Cebekhulu Linda were on their way to Limpopo for deployment, accompanied by Linda's partner, Constable Boipelo Senoge. The car is believed to have veered off the road and crashed into the water. Their vehicle and bodies were found days later, following an extensive search.
Eyewitness News
09-05-2025
- Eyewitness News
Boshielo dismisses speculation surrounding deaths of 3 FS police constables
JOHANNESBURG - Police top brass have again moved to dismiss speculation that there was something sinister behind the deaths of three police constables in April. Cebekhulu Linda, Boipela Senoge and Keamogetswe Buys died when the car they were travelling in plunged into the Hennops River in Centurion. Family, friends, and members of the police force gathered at the St Rose Catholic Church in Bloemfontein on Friday to bid Linda goodbye. READ: Police attending Constable Cebekhulu Linda funeral describe him as a 'rising star' Police Deputy Minister Polly Boshielo was among the mourners. The three constables were missing for several days before their bodies were discovered in the Hennops River in Centurion. Before the grim discovery, their CSR tracker signal was last picked up near Shell Ultra City in Midrand. It's also within this vicinity that all three of the police officers' phone signals were lost. At the time, they were being deployed to Limpopo under Operation Vula Umngodi, which tackles illegal mining. Addressing speculation around the circumstances surrounding their death, Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo had this to say at Linda's funeral. "Some were saying we sent them to Limpopo, the mafias of the zama zamas have killed them. How could you do that? We don't do that in the SAPS, we take care of each other." The officers' deaths have been ruled an accident. Boipelo Senoge was laid to rest on Thursday, while an official funeral for Keamogetswe Buys will be held on Saturday.
The Citizen
06-05-2025
- The Citizen
Final salute: Emotional farewell to young constables found in Hennops River
An emotional memorial service was held to honour Constables Boipelo Senoge, Keamogetswe Buys, and Cebekhulu Linda — three young police officers whose promising lives and careers were tragically cut short, leaving their families, colleagues, and the nation in mourning. The bodies of the three police constables were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion last week. A memorial took place at Bobbies Park in Bloemfontein. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said mourners gathered with heavy hearts to honour the tragic and untimely loss of three young, dedicated, and dynamic police constables. 'We gather in this province today with heavy hearts, to mourn the tragic and devastating untimely departure of our three young, dedicated and dynamic police Constables. 'While words cannot fully express the depth of our loss, we remember them for their unwavering commitment to serving and protecting fellow South Africans and for their enthusiasm, operational intellect, and kindness that extended far beyond their specific areas of responsibility. 'It is with profound sorrow and great loss that I stand here before you to talk about three young lives that we now have to talk about in the past tense.' Five bodies were recovered from the Hennops River in Centurion last week during an intensive two-day search for three missing police constables. One of the bodies found in the river was of a 'white person'. Police also unearthed a Renault Kangoo panel van in the river, and a fourth body. The deceased driver of the van was a member of the SAPS attached to the Lyttelton police station in Tshwane. Among the dead were Constables Boipelo Senoge, Cebekhulu Linda, and Keamogetswe Buys, along with a Lyttelton police station employee who was driving a Renault Kangoo van, and a fifth, still-unidentified, decomposed body. Masemola said when one joins the SAPS family, we all take up the oath of office called the SAPS code of conduct. 'The SAPS' Code of Conduct outlines the principles and values that guide the behaviour of police officers. Law enforcement is a unique endeavour, some would say it is a profession, while most involved would say it is a calling. 'I would argue that there are few undertakings so noble as the protection of your community. There are those who question why anyone would ever go into the field of law enforcement. For those of us involved, we could not imagine ever doing anything else. 'We were indeed still hoping to see the three constables progress within the ranks and still contribute to crime combatting efforts. The sad and devastating part is that they only had two years' service. To the families of Constable Senoge, Buys and Linda, it is my hope and prayer that you will find comfort and strength in God during this very difficult time of immense loss. 'May God ease the pain and distress of your bereavement. May the loving memories of your time together bring you peace, comfort, and strength.' He added that when the police first picked up this case, they never anticipated this tragic end. 'We initially thought it was a possible hijacking and kidnapping. We investigated, but through technology and, meticulous intelligence and detective work, our investigation led us to the Hennops River in Centurion along the N1 – where we undertook a three-day search. It had been a difficult six days for members of the South African Police Service and the affected families as we searched everywhere for our three missing police officers.' Masemola said the high-level team appointed spent sleepless nights combing the length and breadth of Gauteng, Free State and Limpopo. 'Following all possible leads and after studying all evidence we had gathered, our investigation led us to Hennops River, where we recovered the bodies of the three members, our groundsman, Jan Zwane and a decomposed body. Ultimately, on the 7th day of the investigation and search, we found the VW polo belonging to Constable Linda. 'Let me once again thank all our dedicated units and other law enforcement agencies that assisted in the search and rescue operation. From our crime and counter – intelligence units, K9 search and rescue, cybercrime, detectives from various units, our Airwing and drone pilots, the hawks and divers from various units and organisations.' He furthermore said the vehicle accident unit of the SAPS is still conducting further investigations, and we eagerly await the comprehensive report that will reveal the cause of the tragic accident. Also read: Hennops River bodies: No bullet wounds on three deceased Constables Do you have more information about the story? Please send us an email to bennittb@ or phone us on 083 625 4114. For free breaking and community news, visit Rekord's websites: Rekord East For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram or TikTok At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
IOL News
05-05-2025
- IOL News
Hennops River: Cultural expert says uncollected spirits of crash victims could cause more crashes
Families of the three deceased SAPS constables collected the bodies in Pretoria, went to Hennops River to perform rituals, before departing for Free State on Sunday morning. Families of three Free State police constables whose bodies were recovered from the Hennops River in Centurion, Gauteng, on Sunday gathered at the river to perform rituals before heading home with the bodies. The victims — Constable Keamogetswe Buys, 30, Constable Boipelo Senoge, 20, and Constable Cebekhulu Linda, 24 — were reported missing for over five days before their bodies were recovered in the raging river. The trio was last seen in the early hours of April 24, 2025, at a petrol station near the Grasmere Toll Plaza. They were travelling in a white Volkswagen Polo hatchback, en route to Limpopo from the Free State. IOL reported that a collective memorial service will be held on Tuesday, May 6, with individual funeral services planned for each constable. Get your news on the go, click here to join the IOL News WhatsApp channel. Speaking to broadcaster Newzroom Afrika, renowned cultural expert, Professor Musa Xulu said it is strongly believed that if spirits of deceased accident victims remain uncollected, the results would be catastrophic. 'Previously, I advised (then) minister of transport Sibusiso Ndebele and also KwaZulu Natal MEC of Transport Sibusiso Duma on the issues of where do souls go, in terms of car accidents. 'As I said, the soul is believed to not go very far from the accident scene. When the soul thinks the living of the family are not paying attention to it, it becomes angry, and the belief system is that it then causes even more accidents. The soul is a spirit, it can enter a moving car and direct the driver to make mistakes,' Xulu told the news station.
The Citizen
03-05-2025
- The Citizen
Trio found in Hennops River to be buried next week, joint memorial service on Tuesday
The trio's joint memorial service will be held on Tuesday at Bobbies Park in Bloemfontein, Free State. The trio's joint memorial service will be held on Tuesday at Bobbies Park in Bloemfontein, Free State. Constable Boipelo Senoge will be buried on Thursday, Constable Cebekhulu Lindaon Friday and Constable Keamogetswe Buys on SaturdaY. Pictures: Supplied. The three constables found in Hennops River in Centurion will have a joint memorial service on Tuesday, while they will have separate funeral services. Free State provincial premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae, MEC Jabu Mbalula, and provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane announced the funeral arrangements on Friday. 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda, 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys, and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge went missing for days, before their lifeless bodies were recovered from Hennops River on Wednesday, 29 April 2025. The trio's joint memorial service will be held on Tuesday at Bobbies Park in Bloemfontein, Free State. Constable Senoge will be buried on Thursday, Cebekhulu on Friday and Buys on Saturday. 'We are here to support you and to also let you know that we are equally pained by your loss. We will travel this journey together because those three souls were our children, and we also feel the pain that you are feeling,' said Letsoha-Mathae. The three constables were travelling from Bloemfontein to Limpopo when they went missing. Their lifeless bodies were found with two others, one of an admin clerk from the Lyttelton Police Station in Centurion and one unidentified person. ALSO READ: WATCH: Mchunu pleads with public to stop speculating about constables' deaths Last known location Police launched an investigation after the trio's cellphones and vehicle tracker went turned off. National police commissioner Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the constables' last known location was at the Engen garage near the Grasmere toll plaza on the N1 south of Johannesburg on a Wednesday. 'The members were off duty at the time and did not make it to their area of deployment.' The discovery of the trio was driven by a 24-hour venue operational centre (VOC) and a full-scale search with a high-level team of detectives and crime intelligence operators from Gauteng and the Free State. How the trio was found National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, during a media briefing, said the high-level Saps team spent sleepless nights for six days combing through Gauteng, Free State and Limpopo searching for the missing police officers. The commissioner said the investigation and search led them to Hennops River, where officers found pieces of vehicle parts believed to be a VW Polo along the N1. This discovery led officers to the banks of the river, where they located a Renault Kangoo panel van. 'We don't want to speculate at this stage what led to the discovery of these bodies in this river, whether it was an accident or not. Our investigation will reveal those aspects once we find their vehicle,' the commissioner said. Vehicle found On Thursday, police recovered the car the trio were travelling in from Hennops River, after parts of the car were found a day before. Mathe confirmed that the car pulled from the river is the one the police have been searching for. 'The vehicle chassis number confirms this is the vehicle that Saps has been searching for,' said Mathe. NOW READ: Vehicle parts retrieved from Hennops River a day after cop bodies found
