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Limpopo sergeant kills female constable before shooting himself

December 10, 2025

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The Mercury

LIMPOPO provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has condemned the fatal shooting of a young police constable by her partner, a police sergeant, in an apparent domestic violence incident that unfolded at Ritavi police station in the early hours of Monday.

- JONISAYI MAROMO jonisayi.maromo@iol.co.za

According to the SAPS, the 40-year-old sergeant, who was attached to the Mopani district office, went to the rental home of the 31-year-old constable based at Ritavi police station in Nkowankowa shortly before midnight on Sunday.

An argument reportedly broke out, prompting the constable to call colleagues at Ritavi SAPS for assistance.

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