By Everson Luhanga
- Three SAPS Constables vanished on their way to Limpopo, with no cellphone or vehicle tracking signals.
- Police have set up a special 24-hour operations centre and are appealing to the public for any leads.
Three SAPS members have gone missing, and police are investigating a possible hijacking and kidnapping.
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has called on the public to help find them.
National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the three officers — two females and a male — were last seen on Wednesday, 23 April 2025.
Constable Cebekhulu Linda, 30, Constable Keamogetswe Buys and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge were travelling in a white VW Polo sedan from Bloemfontein to their deployment area in Limpopo when they vanished.
“Their last known location was the Engen garage near the Grasmere toll plaza on the N1,” said Mathe.
She said their vehicle’s tracking device and their cellphones have been off since the day they disappeared. Their vehicle’s registration number is JCL 401 FS.
A 24-hour Venue Operational Centre has been set up, and a full-scale search is underway. A high-level team of detectives and crime intelligence officers from Gauteng and the Free State has been mobilised to find them.
Mathe said the three were off duty at the time and never made it to their deployment area.
Anyone with information about their whereabouts is urged to call the investigating officer, Captain Chaacha Manga, on 082 527-6099.
The SAPS has opened a case of possible hijacking and kidnapping.
Image caption:
Pictured above: SAPS officers search for the missing Constables in pictures.
Photo source: SAPS
