Teboho 'killed' for RAF zaka!

TEBOHO Sebusi has been found dead after missing for months.

On 11 June, Daily Sun published a story under the headline: RAF money joy ends in tears!

The 30-year-old man from Boitumelo, near Sebokeng in the Vaal, was last seen on 16 May 2024 while on his way to Durban to celebrate his Road Accident Fund (RAF) payout.

Since he constantly claimed to be waiting for the money, many people in his kasi had anticipated his RAF payment.

After receiving the funds, he bought a new car and materials to refurbish his home.

He then decided to take a trip to Durban, and that was the last time anyone heard from or saw him.

After a long search, on Tuesday, 27 August, his decomposed body was found by police floating in the river on Jorita Farm near the Swinburne district in Harrismith.

According to his brother Mpho Sebusi, the police identified him because of his bank cards.

"It clearly shows that my brother never arrived in Durban, and he didn't enjoy his money as we're still waiting for his bank statement so that we can see what he did with his money," he said.

At the time he disappeared, it was claimed that while travelling to Durban, Teboho contacted his friends and family, reporting that he was being followed by an unidentified man.

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Whenever he got off the bus to go to a shop, the unknown man would also get off and stay close to him.

The family said the friends claimed he got off the bus when he reached Harrismith and rushed to the police station.

However, the people followed him there.

They said when he realised he wasn't getting any help at the police station, he went to a nearby gas station, but he was still followed.

They further claimed that his friends said he called them again, asking to be fetched as he was now fearing for his life.

The friends asked the petrol station manager to keep an eye on him as they were coming to rescue him.

Unfortunately, just 30 minutes before the friends could arrive, Sebusi had left the petrol station.

The CCTV footage shows him going to the back of the station, where there are no cameras, and that's the last time Sebusi is seen.

Free State police spokesman Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring said Harrismith cops have opened an inquest docket.

Mophiring said the body was positively and physically identified by the family.

"The deceased's mother identified him with the clothes he was wearing the day he was reported missing and the tattoos on his left hand," Mophiring said.