TEN ADDITIONAL SANDF OFFICIALS ARRESTED FOR MURDER AND KIDNAPPING.
GAUTENG: Ten additional suspects, were arrested on Monday, 23 June 2025.This comes after they handed themselves over to the Hawks investigating officers in Johannesburg.
The arrests are linked to the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa, who was fatally shot while driving on the N1 highway near Hammanskraal on 06 August 2023. Following the shooting, his vehicle lost control and veered into a ditch.
Lieutenant Colonel Mathipa, who was attached to the Hawks’ Crimes Against the State section within the Serious Organised Crime Investigation in Gauteng, was on duty conducting an investigation at the time of his death.
The suspects are also linked to a case of kidnapping of two male foreign nationals at a mall in Midrand on 29 December 2025.
All ten suspects including the two who were arrested yesterday are expected to appear before the Randburg Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, 23 June 2025, where they will face charges of murder and kidnapping.
