The body of a woman was discovered on the side of a road in Kwa-Thema in Springs on Monday 14 September 2026, approximately 45 kilometres from the Rhodesfield area in Kempton Park where five women’s bodies were found over the past two months. Image: Supplied
Police found the body of a woman on the side of a road in Kwa-Thema, Springs on Monday 14 September 2026. The Kwa-Thema Springs woman body discovery comes as Gauteng reels from the Kempton Park murders. Five women’s bodies appeared in the Rhodesfield area over the past two months. Furthermore, Kwa-Thema is approximately 45 kilometres from Kempton Park, raising immediate questions about whether the cases could connect. As a result, the discovery added further alarm to an already frightened Gauteng community.
Details about the woman’s identity, age and cause of death are not yet confirmed. SAPS had not issued an official statement at the time of writing. The circumstances are under investigation. Kwa-Thema is an Ekurhuleni township in the east of Gauteng, approximately 45 kilometres from Kempton Park’s Rhodesfield area. Furthermore, the proximity to Rhodesfield will draw public questions about whether a connection exists. As a result, SAPS will face pressure to clarify whether this discovery forms part of the Kempton Park investigation or represents a separate incident.
SAPS has not confirmed any link between the Kwa-Thema body and the Kempton Park murders. Investigators repeatedly cautioned against jumping to conclusions before evidence establishes the facts. Gauteng acting police commissioner Major General Fred Kekana said at a media briefing on Sunday that it would be premature to conclude the Kempton Park cases all link to one perpetrator. The same caution applies to any new discovery in the broader area. Furthermore, top SAPS officers held an urgent meeting in Gauteng on Monday morning after a fifth Kempton Park body appeared in Olifantsfontein. As a result, the Kwa-Thema discovery lands at the most sensitive moment in the Kempton Park investigation.
The discovery also comes on the same day the family of missing runner Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, 38, identified her body at the Germiston mortuary. Moselakgomo disappeared after going for an afternoon run in Kempton Park on 9 September 2026. She never returned home to her eight-year-old daughter. Her identification confirmed she is one of the Kempton Park victims. Furthermore, community members and local runners gathered outside the Kempton Park Police Station on Monday to demand greater safety for women. As a result, Monday 14 September 2026 became one of the most alarming days for women’s safety in South Africa in recent memory.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi condemned the murders on Monday. “We can’t normalise madness. This is madness,” Lesufi said. Anyone with information about the Kwa-Thema discovery or suspicious activity in the area can contact SAPS.
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Editors Note SAPS has not confirmed any link between the Kwa-Thema discovery and the Kempton Park murders. All information is based on early reports published on 14 September 2026. The identity of the woman found in Kwa-Thema has not been confirmed.