{"id":22858,"date":"2026-01-14T12:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22858\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:39:12","slug":"five-arrested-after-two-womens-bodies-found-dumped-near-orange-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22858\/","title":{"rendered":"Five arrested after two women’s bodies found dumped near Orange Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\tThe victims were reported missing on 31 December 2025, following a ransom demand made to one of the victims\u2019 mothers.\n\t<\/p>\n

Gauteng police have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of two women whose bodies were found near Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

The two missing women were found dead at a plot in Poortjie on Thursday, 8 January 2026.<\/p>\n

Arrest<\/p>\n

Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the group were handcuffed for hijacking, kidnapping and murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe provincial commissioner of the police in Gauteng, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni, has welcomed the arrest of the five suspects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victims were reported missing on 31 December 2025, and after a ransom demand was made to one of the victims\u2019 mothers, the charge was changed to hijacking and kidnapping. Resources were mobilised to trace and rescue the victims, and on 8 January 2026, their partially decomposed bodies were discovered in an open veld at Poortjie,\u201d Nevhuhulwi said.<\/p>\n

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Intelligence<\/p>\n

Nevhuhulwi said a team of investigators traced and arrested five suspects using intelligence information on Tuesday, 13 January 2026.<\/p>\n

She said officers recovered an unlicensed firearm.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour of the suspects were arrested in Evaton, while the fifth one was arrested in Germiston. A preliminary investigation led the team to Brits, where they discovered the victims\u2019 vehicle abandoned at a car wash.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vehicle was fixed with false number plates but had the correct disc. The firearm will be subjected to ballistic testing to determine whether it was used in the commission of a crime,\u201d Nevhuhulwi said.<\/p>\n

Nevhuhulwi said all five suspects are expected to appear before the Vereeniging Magistrates\u2019 Court on 15 January 2026.<\/p>\n

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Festive arrests<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, barely two weeks into 2026, police have already taken nearly 19 000 suspects<\/a> into custody for crimes committed across the country during nationwide operations.<\/p>\n

Just this past week, 5 to 11 January 2026, police arrested 18 970 suspects for various charges, including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, rape, assault, burglary, drug trafficking, and more.<\/p>\n

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk said another 2 247 wanted suspects were arrested for serious crimes, including murder, rape, sexual assault, robberies, car hijackings and many other serious crimes.<\/p>\n

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