UPDATE: Murdered brigadier will be commemorated this week

The air force brigadier found murdered last week will be commemorated at a special memorial service this Wednesday.

Brigadier General Motlhokomedi Kenneth Petso (53), General Commanding Officer at Air Force Waterkloof in Pretoria, was reported missing to the Lyttelton police in Centurion last week.

His body was found later the same day.

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A good friend of Petso told Rekord, he was one of the first African pilots in Bophuthatswana.

“He was a real family man who was highly respected amongst his peers,” said Thami Mokgoko.

Mokgoko described Petso as “very dedicated man who took pride in the development of the aviation industry”.

“He was very motivational. The type of person you can talk to for good advice.”

Family and friends will also pay their last respects to the brigadier at the weekend, the friend confirmed.

“For him to be so brutally murdered is unacceptable. Society has lost a very compassionate man.”

Petso is survived by a wife and two daughters.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters confirmed the police were investigating a case of murder.

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Peters said investigators are not ruling out the possibility that Petso could have been killed elsewhere and his body later dumped in Extension 11, Ga-Rankuwa

“The vehicle belonging to the deceased, a white Jeep Cherokee with registration DH82MM-GP is still missing. We can confirm that the tracking device was recovered in Brits.”

The police appeal to anyone with information to contact the Lyttelton police station,or anonymously if they wished, on 08600-10111.

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