NELSPRUIT – Police search and rescue team in collaboration with Hoedspruit Farmers and MTPA Rangers, assisted in locating #missing tourists.
Police in Dientjie received a complaint from MTPA Rangers at Bourker’s sluck potholes, that two international tourists (females) coming from Poland are missing.
It was further reported that the two booked for hiking on 13 November 2025, in the morning, to Belvedere Hiking trails, but never booked back.
The Rangers then alerted Dientjie SAPS members around 18:30, and the tracing was conducted, but the two could not be located and what made matters worse was the fact that it had become dark, making it difficult to carry out the search. Other role players also formed part of the search, including the SAPS’s Search and Rescue team. A private chopper from Hoedspruit farmers was also brought in to help the team, as they were running against time. The search resumed yesterday, 14 November 2025, at about 07:00.
The two tourists, Kidvohid Koldsinukd (30) and Joldata Astost (33) were fortunately found alive. According to the duo, they reportedly slept next to the river. Through the assistance of the chopper, the Search and Rescue team, consisting of members from both public and private sector, were successful in their endeavour.
The two were then escorted to private accommodation, so that they could rest where they had booked in.
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga Major General (Dr) Zeph Mkhwanazi commended the team members as both Police and their counterparts from various private organizations worked with diligence to ensure that the tourists are found alive. “We want to thank all stakeholders for displaying unity in the common coarse and for them, having to put together resources, thereby tracing the two tourists, shows that working together we can achieve more, even in the fight against crime. The effort is well appreciated, ” said the General.
