A traffic cop and his married lover were found naked and dead in bed at the man's house in Mthatha, Eastern Cape. It is still unclear if they were murdered or they died of natural causes.

An unnamed traffic police officer from the KSD Local Municipality in Mthatha was found dead naked with a woman at home on Monday. It is alleged that the police officer was found with the 30-year-old woman who was was said to be an employee at Old Mutual in Mthatha. Unauthorised sources that spoke to ZiMoja claimed that the two are said to have been involved in a love affair for months as the woman was married. When the cop did not pitch up for work on Monday, his colleague went to check on him and made the gruesome discovery. "The colleague contacted the police and the neighbors came. This woman was found lying dead on top of the dead cop," the sources said.

Another source said that the woman was from KwaZulu Natal and was hailing from a small town in Richmond in the Midlands."The woman is married to a bodyguard to a well known politician in KZN. Her husband used to be a bodyguard of the murdered ANC leader Sifiso Nkabinde. The couple moved to Mthatha when the husband got a job as a bodyguard of an official at the KDS Local Municipality," the source said. Mthatha police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu confirmed the incident. "Police are investigating an inquest docket after two bodies of a 40-year-old man and 30-year-old female were found in Sibanye Extension, Mpindweni Location on Monday. It is alleged that the deceased was a traffic officer at KSD local municipality in Mthatha. It is further alleged that when the deceased failed to report for work, a colleague went to his homestead and found the two dead with the house locked," Naidu said. She added that the cause of death is unknown and a post mortem will be performed to determine such.