Identity
Person No.
43334
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Lawrence Dumisani
Initials
L D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
47
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DUTY 1,421
Died on duty
Cause of Death
Killed in the line of duty, shot and killed by more than seven armed robbers at a store in Schoemansdal, Mpumalanga, on 8 August 2025 while responding to a business robbery
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
South African Police Service
Defence Force
SAPS 1,739
South African Police Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Cited by Deputy President Mashatile at Annual Police Commemoration Day 2025 as an example of organised-crime violence against police officers. Full name Lawrence Dumisani Mtshweni; age 47 (news/funeral reports). Of Schoemansdal SAPS. News reports: responding to a business robbery/burglary; some accounts place death in the early hours of 9 August 2025 (speech uses 8 August 2025). Funeral/final salute reported 16 August 2025, Schoemansdal.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Other web source
open source ↗
Deputy President Paul Mashatile, Annual Police Commemoration Day (SAPS Memorial Site), 7 September 2025.
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Other web source
open source ↗
SAPS / press: Lawrence Dumisani Mtshweni killed in line of duty, Schoemansdal.
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Other web source
open source ↗
News24: Sergeant Mtshweni murder follow-up (suspects).
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South African Police Memorial
open source ↗
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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