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News24 reports that it has been more than two months since a SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier disappeared from the Lohatla military base in the Northern Cape, leaving only his personal belongings behind.
Lance Corporal Luntu Basil Hatta, 53, went missing from the base on 31 May. Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Sergio Kock said the Postmasburg police were assisting the search for Hatta, while the SANDF was still conducting an "intensive search" for the missing soldier. "The team found the jacket, tekkies, wallet and cellphone of the missing person at two different places in the bushy terrain,” Kock advised. Hatta's family said they were living their "worst nightmare", not knowing what happened to their loved one. Hatta's mother, Ndili, said the police and the SANDF had not been forthcoming with information about the missing soldier. Meanwhile, SA National Defence Union (Sandu) general secretary Pikkie Greeff said they were disturbed by the lack of communication from the SANDF regarding Hatta. "Communication at the SANDF has always been of poor standard. For a soldier to just go missing from one of the biggest bases in the country is very uncommon. The family must be going through the worst kind of pain," said Greeff. According to the SANDF, the SA Army Combat Training Centre's HR management practitioners have been in contact with Hatta's family.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisalee Solomons at News24
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