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Extradition pending in Whittingdale case

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December 11, 2025

THE family of a Western Cape farmer who mysteriously disappeared eleven years ago from Egypt, near Barrydale, says authorities and a private investigator are tight-lipped about the case.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

Police have confirmed that his two labourers are expected to be extradited from Lesotho following their arrest but that the matter was pending.

Andrew Whittingdale, 56, was the owner of Makouvlei Olive farm on Route 62 between Barrydale and Ladismith in the Western Cape and vanished on January 3, 2014.

This month, police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg confirmed the extradition process was not yet finalised and the matter was still under investigation.

"The suspect/s were traced to Lesotho where the extradition process is pending," Twigg explained.

The two men, identified as Meshack Mphatsoane and Ernest Mphatsoane from Lesotho, were employed by Whittingdale in January 2014.

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