Monder SAPS is appealing to the public for assistance in finding a missing 47-year-old woman, Kim Croeser.
According to Mondeor SAPS communications officer Captain Nokulunga Dube, Kim was last seen going cycling at Rietvlei Zoo Farm on Sunday, May 16, at around 9.30am.
She was wearing a blue cycling jacket, black cycling pants and white takkies. She was driving a white Renault registration CH 54 VR GP.
Dube said the vehicle that Kim was driving was found parked at Rietvlei Zoo Farm on Swartkoppies Road.
Anyone that might have seen her or have information about her whereabouts may contact Mondeor SAPS on (011) 433-5411/12 or call the duty officer on 082 371 8556 or call emergency no 08600 10111.
According to the South African Police Service Missing Persons Bureau, a child goes missing every five hours in South Africa. When something like this happens to you, it can make you feel powerless and hopeless, but there is something you can do now to help your child should they ever go missing.
What to do when a person goes missing
There is an ongoing impression that you need to wait at least 24 hours to report a person missing. This is not true at all- there is no waiting period to report a person, including a child, as missing.
You must go to the police as soon as you suspect that the child has been abducted or disappeared. According to the South African Police Service, you need to do the following when reporting a missing person:
Produce a recent photograph of the missing person
You need to give a description of the child, where were they last seen and with whom, what were they wearing, their age, their hair colour, eye colour
You need to sign a form at the police station which safeguards the police from false reports and indemnifies the police to distribute the picture and information of the missing person
Get the details of the investigating officer and inform them of any new information that may arise
Should the child return home or be found by other people but not the police, it’s your responsibility as parent to inform the investigating offer so that they can give you another form to fill and they can inform the Bureau for Missing Persons to remove you from the circulation system… Read more
