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South African Police Services (Saps) on Thursday confirmed that police found human remains believed to be the pair.
Pretoria-based journalist Aserie Ndlovu and his partner Zodwa Mdhluli were reported missing since February 2025. Picture: Facebook/Sbusiso Aserie Ndlovu
The bodies of missing journalist Sibusiso Aserie Ndlovu and his partner Zodwa Mdluli may have been found.
The South African Police Services (Saps) on Thursday confirmed that officers found human remains likely to be the pair. DNA will be conducted to ascertain if they belong to the missing journalist and partner.
The area where the remains were found was pointed out by suspects as an area where they left the pair.
National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, could not confirm whether the suspects were shot.
“That is part of the investigation, we will not say people have been shot before we indeed check the body and see somebody has been shot.
“We found remains of two people in the bushes, and they will go through a postmortem,” he added.
Earlier this week, police arrested five suspects in connection with the pair’s disappearance.
Journalist Ndlovu and partner Mdhluli went missing in February under mysterious circumstances.
The couple was last seen in separate locations on 18 February, in a white Volkswagen Citi Golf.
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It was reported on Wednesday that Samuel Mogongwe, was the last person seen with Ndlovu and Mdhluli before their disappearance.
According to the journalist’s son, Treasure, Mogongwe is well known to the victims and their families.
Masemola indirectly said Mogongwe was their key witness and had played a significant role in the early stages of the investigation.
“He was somebody that was assisting us all along, but now it has turned out that he is a suspect himself.
“So that’s part of what took the investigation so long,” he said.
The commissioner confirmed that the 41-year-old man’s arrest led to the three other suspects being found with parts of Ndlovu’s car.
“Most of those parts and the property at home were found recently after this breakthrough of our witness that turned out to [be] a suspect later.”
Additional reporting by Molefe Seeletsa.
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