News24 reports that a 35-year-old police officer from the Northern Cape who went missing last Monday has been found dead near Ventersdorp in the North West.

While details are still sketchy, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said Warrrant Officer Gaonathebe Diphephenyane had travelled to Rustenburg on Monday 17 July to testify in a case, but never arrived. The last location of the state vehicle he had been travelling in was near Katlehong, south-east of Johannesburg. Mathe said Diphephenyane had been a SAPS member for 14 years and was responsible for crime scene management. According to Mathe, 92 police officers have been killed in the past financial year, 27 of whom had been on duty and 65 off duty.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at News24

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