PINETOWN Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit are making an urgent appeal for information on the whereabouts of missing three-year-old, Mpendulo Phumelela Zondi.
Mpendulo went missing on Sunday, 8 October from his home in the Umkhizwana area in Umsunduzi.
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According to Pinetown SAPS communications officer, Capt Bongumusa Manqele, the mother left the child under the supervision of her aunt when she went to certify some documents at a local police station.
“When she came back, the child was missing and the matter was reported to the police the following day,” he said.
Anyone with information regarding the missing child can contact the investigating officer, Detective Constable Beauty Xaba on 031 325 5001, 083 535 4806 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
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