This is a collaborative effort, with the #SearchandRescue team working together to ensure that the missing member is found. The SAPS Divers managed to retrieve the body of one #SANDF member from the Komati River in Komatipoort on 26 December 2025.
On the same day (26 December 2025), the first helicopter that started the search was brought in by SANPARKS, followed by a SANDF helicopter. Then, yesterday (27 December 2025), the SAPS helicopter was deployed, and today, Sunday, 28 December 2025, the helicopter from Emergency Medical Services is conducting the search.
Technological apparatus, such as drones, are also being utilized.
Yesterday, Saturday, 27 December 2025, the SANDF bakkie was retrieved from the river, where two rifles, a mobile phone, and other items were found, but the missing SANDF member has not yet been located. We are working collaboratively to find the missing SANDF member. The community is playing a crucial role; one member of the public even used a crane to pull the SANDF bakkie out of the river.
The search resumed this morning, Sunday, 28 December 2025, after being suspended yesterday evening, 27 December 2025. Meanwhile, the lifeless body of one SANDF member was retrieved from the
Komati River on 26 December 2025.
#PartnershipPolicing
