Mondeor SAPS seeks help in finding a missing eighty-year-old Mbangula Nombiyana Elbertina.
Nombiyana who is considered vulnerable was last seen at her home in Kibler Park on Thursday afternoon.
According to the Pink Ladies Organisation, she was last seen wearing a t-shirt, brown and black jersey. She may be confused and disorientated.
If anyone has seen Nombiyana or has any information, please contact Mondeor SAPS communications officer Captain Dube on (011) 433-5400/5410.
According to the South African Police Service Missing Persons Bureau, a person 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 a person 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 a person 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 missing person, 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 person return home or be found by other people but not the police, it’s your responsibility as a friend, family or relative to inform the investigating officer 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.
