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The South African
27-04-2025
- The South African
SAPS leaders meet investigators on missing officers
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, and Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, are meeting today with the investigation team tasked with finding three missing police officers. Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, SAPS national spokesperson, confirmed the leadership's plans, saying, 'The pair will receive an update on progress made in finding our own from both the Provincial Commissioners of Free State and Gauteng, Lieutenant General Baile Motsweenyane and Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni.' After the update, General Masemola and his team will meet with the officers' families and address the media. The missing officers — 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys, 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge, and 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda- disappeared while travelling from Bloemfontein to their deployment site in Limpopo. They were last seen at the Engen garage near the Grasmere toll plaza on the N1 on Wednesday, 23 April. Their white VW Polo, bearing the registration number JCL 401 FS, has not been traced since. 'Their vehicle tracking device and cell phones have been off since their disappearance,' SAPS confirmed. At the time, the constables were off duty but expected to report for work later that day. A 24-hour Venue Operational Centre (VOC) has been set up to coordinate the search, with high-level detectives and crime intelligence teams from Gauteng and Free State fully mobilised. SAPS has opened a case of possible hijacking and kidnapping. 'A full-scale search is underway,' SAPS stated, urging members of the public to come forward with any information. The police have asked anyone with information to contact the investigating officer, Captain Chaacha Manga, at 082 527 6099. Let us know by leaving a comment below or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1. Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
Eyewitness News
26-04-2025
- Eyewitness News
SAPS probing kidnapping case after 3 of their colleagues went missing in JHB
JOHANNESBURG - Police are investigating a case of hijacking and kidnapping after three of their members went missing while driving along the N1 highway in Johannesburg. They were last seen at an Engen garage near the Grasmere Toll Plaza, travelling in a white Polo on Wednesday. The missing constables, two females and one male, are aged between 20 and 30, were off duty when the incident happened, while they were driving to Bloemfontein to their area of deployment. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says their vehicle tracking device and cell phones are off. Mathe has urged the public to provide any information that may help the investigation 'We have established a VOC (Venue Operational Centre) and a full-scale search is underway with a high-level team of detectives and crime intelligence operators from Gauteng and the Free State working tirelessly to find these three constables.'
Daily Mirror
25-04-2025
- Daily Mirror
Russian General assassinated in Moscow bomb blast 'as IED hidden in parked car'
A Russian General has been assassinated in a horrific Moscow bomb blast - after the explosives were reportedly hidden in a parked car. The deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Yaroslav Moskalik, has been killed following the explosion at around 10.40am local time. He was passing a parked Volkswagen Golf when the the explosives went off and threw him several meters, local reports said.
