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MP police await DNA results to identify remains found in a crocodile – SABC News – Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa’s news leader. | SA News

4 May 2026 by Guest

Police in Mpumalanga are awaiting DNA test results to enable them to identify the partial human remains found inside a crocodile in the Komati River, near Komatipoort, on Saturday.

Police say they suspect the remains might be those of the 59-year-old Gauteng businessman who went missing while attempting to cross a flooded low-lying bridge over the Komati River on Monday.

It reported that the man’s vehicle was swept away during the attempt.

The vehicle was recovered on Tuesday.

GRAPHIC WARNING | Mpumalanga police say a crocodile they put down had human remains, believed to be those of a 59-year-old Gauteng businessman who went missing in the Komati River. Police add there is evidence…

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