{"id":690504,"date":"2019-08-24T12:24:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T12:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">The South African National Defence Force has confirmed that a 41-year-old man found burnt inside a car earlier this week in the Blue Downs area was a soldier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" d"},"modified":"2019-08-24T12:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T12:24:15","slug":"south-africa-sandf-confirms-murdered-victim-found-in-burnt-car-in-cape-town-was-a-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/24\/south-africa-sandf-confirms-murdered-victim-found-in-burnt-car-in-cape-town-was-a-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: SANDF Confirms Murdered Victim Found in Burnt Car in Cape Town Was a Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">The South African National Defence Force has confirmed that a 41-year-old man found burnt inside a car earlier this week in the Blue Downs area was a soldier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">The soldier had been working in one of the military bases in the Western Cape, a statement confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">SANDF spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton Ngubane told News24 that the car that was used, a Hyundai Accent, was a government vehicle rented by an SANDF member.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"32\">&#8220;Reasons for this painful act are not yet known, and the SANDF is in constant liaison with Mfuleni SAPS who are investigating the circumstances that led to the incident,&#8221; the SANDF said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"14\">The name of the individual will be released once the family has been informed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"38\">Western Cape police earlier this week confirmed a murder, kidnapping and hijacking case was being investigated after the body was found inside a boot of a vehicle on Sunday in Silversands Road in Blue Downs by a passer-by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"15\">City of Cape Town&#8217;s Fire and Rescue Services extinguished the fire early on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-b-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"19\">A 43-year-old man was arrested in Blackheath on Monday, while a second 24-year-old suspect was arrested two days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"33\">The 43-year-old, Theodore Loggenberg, made a brief appearance in the Blue Downs Magistrates&#8217; Court on Thursday, the Daily Voice reported. His case was postponed. The second suspect has not yet appeared in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"11\">Western Cape MEC of Community Safety Albert Fritz condemned the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"34\">&#8220;I commend the SAPS on the arrests made so far of a 24-year-old and 43-year-old suspect. We cannot tolerate such a gross disregard for the peace and safety of the people of our province.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"16\">&#8220;We cannot allow gangsters to intimidate and terrorise our communities, particularly those that are most vulnerable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"36\">Fritz called on the SAPS to determine whether it was a gang-related murder, and secondly to ensure the arrest, conviction and incarceration of gang leaders who may have given the directive to kill an SANDF soldier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">&#8220;The SANDF have been deployed to assist us in safeguarding the province and we must do everything in our power to support them in this regard,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"8\">Citizens with any information can call 08600 10111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"2\">Source: <strong>News24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--\/.story-footer-link--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African National Defence Force has confirmed that a 41-year-old man found burnt inside a car earlier this week in the Blue Downs area was a soldier. 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