Boshielo dismisses speculation surrounding deaths of 3 FS police constables
Cebekhulu Linda, Boipela Senoge and Keamogetswe Buys died when the car they were travelling in plunged into the Hennops River in Centurion.
A memorial service was held in Bloemfontein on 6 May 2025 for three constables who died while travelling to an operation in Polokwane. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - Police top brass have again moved to dismiss speculation that there was something sinister behind the deaths of three police constables in April.
Cebekhulu Linda, Boipela Senoge and Keamogetswe Buys died when the car they were travelling in plunged into the Hennops River in Centurion.
Family, friends, and members of the police force gathered at the St Rose Catholic Church in Bloemfontein on Friday to bid Linda goodbye.
READ: Police attending Constable Cebekhulu Linda funeral describe him as a 'rising star'
Police Deputy Minister Polly Boshielo was among the mourners.
The three constables were missing for several days before their bodies were discovered in the Hennops River in Centurion.
Before the grim discovery, their CSR tracker signal was last picked up near Shell Ultra City in Midrand.
It's also within this vicinity that all three of the police officers’ phone signals were lost.
At the time, they were being deployed to Limpopo under Operation Vula Umngodi, which tackles illegal mining.
Addressing speculation around the circumstances surrounding their death, Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo had this to say at Linda’s funeral.
"Some were saying we sent them to Limpopo, the mafias of the zama zamas have killed them. How could you do that? We don’t do that in the SAPS, we take care of each other."
The officers’ deaths have been ruled an accident.
Boipelo Senoge was laid to rest on Thursday, while an official funeral for Keamogetswe Buys will be held on Saturday.