A government employee is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on Thursday in connection with the death of a pregnant woman.
30-year-old Quewin Coetzee faces charges of kidnapping, murder and escaping from custody.
28-year-old Celeste Fraser-Carson was found buried in a shallow grave in the Bloemspruit area of the Free State on the 5th of March.
Police say the discovery followed the arrest of a 30-year-old man in Graaff Reinet the previous day.
Fraser-Carson disappeared about three weeks before her body was found.