SANDF soldier Luntu Basil Hatta has been missing for more than three weeks. (Luntu Hatta/Facebook)
The distraught mother of a missing South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier wants to know what has happened to her son and why the army is keeping the family in the dark.
The SANDF confirmed that 53-year-old Lance Corporal Luntu Basil Hatta went missing from the Lohatla base in the Northern Cape on 31 May.
“We are busy with an active investigation and cannot divulge information at this current stage,” police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Sergio Kock told News24.
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