News24 reports that police have confirmed that the remains of three police officers who went missing last Thursday have been positively identified among the five bodies that were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion.

On Tuesday evening, General Fannie Masemola said the remains of Cebekhulu Linda, 24, Keamogetswe Buys, 30, and Boipelo Senoge, 20, were located in the river after pieces of the VW Polo they had been travelling in were found along the N1 highway in Centurion. Police are still searching for the WV Polo but found another vehicle in the river. "We first found pieces of vehicle parts believed to be of a VW Polo along the N1 where we are standing at this moment, that led us to the banks of the river where we found a Renault Kangoo panel van," Masemola indicated. The officers were travelling from Bloemfontein to Limpopo where they had been deployed when they went missing. One of the five bodies is that of a SA Police Service groundsman from the Lyttleton police station who was last seen on Saturday. He had been the driver of the Renault van. Police are still trying to identify the fifth body. Masemola said there was currently no established connection between the three officers, the groundsman, and the fifth body.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Noxolo Sibiya at News24 (subscription or trial registration required)
• Lees ook, Drie van vyf liggame uit Hennopsrivier is vermiste konstabels, by Maroela Media

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