Muzi Manyike, the former SA Schools skipper who disappeared late last year, has been found dead.
His family confirmed that they had positively identified his body in Ga-Rankuwa on Monday following a near three-month search.
The police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.
The disappearance of
Muzilikazi Muzi Manyike, a former SA Schools captain, has ended in tragedy.
A statement on Tuesday confirmed that the 20-year-old s body had been positively identified by his family at the Ga-Rankuwa police station on Monday.
Sport24 has also corroborated Manyike s death through a relative as well as Kobus Porter, his agent.
According to the family, mortuary records show that the promising youngster - who was set to join the national sevens academy in January after being granted an early release from the Lions - was found on the R101 near Hammanskraal on 20 November, two days after he was last seen on CCTV footage in Pretoria North.