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.
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984). https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=14414
Deputy President Paul Mashatile, Annual Police Commemoration Day (SAPS Memorial Site), 7 September 2025. https://www.gov.za/news/speeches/deputy-president-paul-mashatile-annual-police-commemoration-day-07-sep-2025
SAPS / press: Lawrence Dumisani Mtshweni killed in line of duty, Schoemansdal. https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/08/17/saps-honours-the-life-of-sergeant-lawrence-dumisani-mtshweni-killed-in-the-line-of-duty
News24: Sergeant Mtshweni murder follow-up (suspects). https://www.news24.com/southafrica/crime-and-courts/sergeant-mtshweni-murder-2-suspects-killed-in-shootout-one-kills-himself-as-cops-close-in-20250814-0692 (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)