Search for Missing Centurian Businessman Ends in Tragedy, Police Find Man Murdered Days After Disappearing

Search for Missing Centurian Businessman Ends in Tragedy, Police Find Man Murdered Days After Disappearing

  • The Centurion businessman reported missing a week ago has been found murdered in Erasmia
  • Police said Peter Motshweni was fatally shot before his wife even reported him missing
  • The motive of the murder is still unknown, but cases of murder and attempted murder are being investigated

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PRETORIA - A wife's desperate search for her missing husband has ended in tragic heartbreak.

Pretoria police have found the missing Centurion businessman missing
The missing Centurion businessman has been found dead by the police in Erasmia, Pretoria. Image: @SlowMoTee/Twitter & stock image/Getty Images
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Only days after reporting her husband Peter Motshweni missing, police have found the Centurion businessman dead in Erasmia, Pretoria.

Centurion man murdered on day he mysteriously disappeared

Motshweni was reportedly murdered that same day he disappeared on Friday, 2 June.

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The businessman's wife, Lindiwe, said she last spoke to her husband on Friday when he told her he could not fetch their children as usual.

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She later sent Motshweni a shopping list via WhatsApp, but he just replied with a picture of his silver Toyota bakkie parked on the side of the road with a message saying "marketing". The two never spoke again.

Motshweni was reported missing when he didn't return home on Friday, Opera News reported.

Motshweni's car was later found at a shopping mall in Erasmia

Murdered Centurion businessman shot with 2 other people

According to Police Spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo, the businessman was with two other people when they were shot.

The two other victims were taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

Masondo said that the motive of the shooting was still unclear, but police have opened cases of murder and attempted murder, TimesLIVE reported.

South Africans mourn the murder of Centurian businessman

Below are some comments:

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@mbosto_11 mourned:

"This is very sad, this world we living in is very cruel. Condolences to the wife and the family."

@Khayamju questioned:

"This is so sad. And what have those who killed him gained?"

@therealiNaz consoled:

"May the family find comfort."

@malesenaphtale2 complained:

"It's bad out there."

@vechoecho said:

"These criminals are out of control. It's time for the @myanc criminal cartel to fire the useless Bheki Cele and reinstate the death penalty."

@erna_westd83649 added:

"The country is going to pots."

Grandmother of teenage girl who murdered father says he was abusive, Mzansi sympathises with minor: “Free her”

In another story, Briefly News reported that the grandmother of a teenage girl accused of murdering her father has defended the minor as she faces serious charges.

The grandmother explained that the father was often abusive, and her grandchild was probably tired of his behaviour.

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Speaking to SABC News, the grandmother said her grandchildren often ran to her house for safety whenever their intoxicated father got abusive towards them.

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Lerato Mutsila (Current affairs editor) Lerato Mutsila is a journalist with 3 years of experience. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pearson Institute of Higher Education in 2020, majoring in broadcast journalism, political science and communication. Lerato joined the Briefly News current affairs desk in August 2022. Mutsila is also a fellow of the 2021/2022 Young African Journalists Acceleration programme, which trained African journalists in climate journalism. You can contact Lerato at lerato.mutsila@breifly.co.za