In the latest incident, two officers were killed in Bloekombos in an apparent ambush while two other officers were killed in KZN and another was killed in Limpopo last week.
The pair was reportedly driving in the Bloekombos area when they were ambushed during the early hours of Sunday morning, and the attackers made off with their firearms.
Constable Thato Makhoana’s body was found with a gunshot wound along a farm road outside Mahikeng earlier this week.
The officer, who was a detective at the Elsies River police station, was shot dead during an apparent house robbery on Tuesday.
Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Kay was off-duty when he was shot dead in his driveway on Thursday. He was declared dead on the scene.
Lieutenant colonel Andre Kay was shot and killed while off duty on Thursday.
His partner, a 52-year-old warrant officer, succumbed to his injuries after Sunday night’s shooting.
The constable, who was stationed in Delft, was stabbed to death during an apparent robbery on Sunday.
The annual event is in honour of the men and women in blue who've lost their lives while performing their duties.
CapeTalk Pippa Hudson interviewed Mpho Kwinika, the South African Policing Union president.
