The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has directed the police in Tzaneen to track and arrest two suspects who shot and killed a 44-year- old motorist and raped a passenger in Tzaneen.
It is alleged that on Friday, 13 October 2023 at about 13:00, the police in Tzaneen received a report of rape in the outskirts of Tzaneen near the SAPS Supply Chain Management Offices. .
They rushed to the scene where they found a 30-old-woman who reported to the police that she was traveling in a Suzuki Swift sedan with a 44-year-old male. Along the way on R71 road next to the Sasol Garage they offered a lift to two African males. While traveling one of the passengers asked the driver to stop and pull the handbrake. The driver refused to pull the handbrake and that is when one of them pulled out a firearm and shot him point blank from the back. They instructed the lady to move to the back seat and drove with her towards town and dumped the deceased at a gravel road and drove away with the woman.
They robbed her of cash, bank cards, cellphones and made cash transactions with their cards. They further drove to the bushes and raped her and fled the scene leaving her behind.
The victim managed to walk until she reached the office of Supply Chain Management where she reported the matter to the police.
The vehicle was later found burnt at the Letsitele policing precinct.
Anyone with information that can assist in the apprehension of these suspects may contact Warrant Officer Phaladi Makola on 082 749 2233 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or via MysapsApp.