Families of the 3 Dead SAPS Constables To Fetch Their Bodies From Gauteng

Families of the 3 Dead SAPS Constables To Fetch Their Bodies From Gauteng

  • The family members of the three South African Police Service officers who died recently will retrieve the bodies in Gauteng on 4 May 2025
  • The officers, Constables Linda Cebekhulu, Boipelo Senoge and Keamogetswe Buys, disappeared on their way to Limpopo
  • The officers will be buried this week in the Free State, and investigations into their deaths continue

With nine years of experience, Tebogo Mokwena, a current affairs writer for Briefly News, provided insights into the criminal justice system, crime statistics and high-profile cases in South Africa at Daily Sun.

The relatives of the dead officers will fetch their bodies in Gauteng on 4 May 2025
Families of the deceased cops will collect their bodies. Image: South African Police Service
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GAUTENG — The family members of the three South African Police Service (SAPS) officers who disappeared on 23 April 2025 while on their way to Limpopo will retrieve their bodies in Gauteng on 4 May.

Relatives to retrieve officers' bodies

According to SABC News, the family members of Constables Linda Cebekhulu, Keamogetswe Buys and Boipelo Senoge will travel to Gauteng to collect their bodies in preparation for their burials.

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SAPS announced that they will be given official funerals, and a joint memorial service will be held for them in Bloemfontein, Free State, on 8 May. Senoge will be buried on 8 May, Cebekhulu will be buried the following day, and Buys will be buried on 10 May.

What happened to the officers?

The three officers were deployed in Limpopo and were on their way to Polokwane from Bloemfontein when they disappeared. The vehicle they were travelling in, a white VW Polo, was last seen at the Kranskop Plaza on the N1. Their cellphones were switched off, and the vehicle's tracking system was deactivated. At that time, the police had investigated a case of kidnapping and mobilised resources to locate them.

Six days after they disappeared, the police retrieved their bodies from the Hennops River in Centurion by the N1. Two more bodies were located, and one of the bodies belonged to a police clerk. The other body was decomposed and has not been identified.

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What you need to know about the constables' case

The police retrieved the bodies of the three constables from the Hennops River on 29 April, six days after they were reported missing by the police

Constable Keamogetswe Buys will be buried this week in the Free State
Keamogetswe Buys was among the officers who died recently. Image: South African Police Service
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A timeline of the events leading to officers' discovery

In a related article, Briefly News provided a timeline of the events that led to the discovery of the three constables. The timeline began on the day they disappeared.

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Police divers retrieve constables' VW Polo from Hennops River, Mzansi questions condition of vehicle

The officers travelling to Limpopo were found in Tshwane less than a week after disappearing. The vehicle was found in the Hennops River, and their relatives positively identified them.

Source: Briefly News

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena joined Briefly News in 2023 and is a Current Affairs writer. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za