Contrary to what many believe, there is no need to let 24-hours must pass before police will investigate a case of a missing person.
However, according to the SAPS website, this is not the case: Parents are advised to be more vigilant and to make sure that they know where their children are at all times. “When a person goes missing, it is of the utmost importance for the SAPS to fulfill our mandate to serve and protect the citizens of South Africa. It is essential to take steps and start the investigation into a missing person’s case immediately,” according to the SAPS website. You can assist the SAPS when reporting a missing person by following these steps: There is NO waiting period to reporting a missing person.
Report a missing person at your nearest police station immediately. 1. Produce a recent photograph of the missing person, if possible. 2. Give a complete description of the missing person’s last whereabouts, clothes that they were wearing, as well as any information that can assist the investigating officer. 3. Complete and sign a SAPS 55(A) form. This form safeguards the SAPS from hoax reports and indemnifies the SAPS to distribute the photograph and information of the missing person.
4. Obtain the investigating officer’s contact details, and send any additional information that might become available
5. If a missing person is found or returns voluntarily, inform the investigating officer immediately. A SAPS 92 form must be completed to inform the Bureau of Missing Persons that the missing person’s report can be removed from the circulation system. ( Information obtained from SAPS website)
Asikho isikhathi esilindwayo sokubika umuntu olahlekile Umangabe umuntu elahlekile, kubalulekile kahulu ukuthi amaphoyisa adlale indima yawo yokukhonza nokuvikela abahlali base Ningizumu Africa. Kubalulekile ukuthi alandelele zonke izinhlelo zoku phenya odabeni lomuntu olahlekile ngokushesha. Nawe wena olahlekelwe ungasiza amaphoyisangokwenza lokhu okulandelayo: 1. Banike isithombe samunva somuntu olahlekile, uma sikhona. 2. Bachazele ukuthi lomuntu olahlekile ugcine ukubonakalaphi, ubeqokeni, futhi ubanike yonke inininigwane engabasiza ngophenyo. 3. Gcwalisa uphinde usayine iformu lasemaphoyiseni elibizwa nge 55(A), lilifomu ligunyaza amaphoyisa ukuthi engasebenzisa isithombe salo olahlekileliphinde futhi livikele amaphoyisa kulaba abenza umkhonyovu. 4. Thola ukuthi isiphi isikhulu sephoyisa esiphethe icala, uthole inamba yocingo layo ukuze uzokwazi ukuxhumana nalo mengabe kukhona imininigwane ofunaukuyidlulisa ngolahlekile. 5. Uma umuntu olahlekile esetholiwe noma wazibuyela mathupha, yazisa iphoyisa eliphethe lelo cala ngokushesha. Kumele niphinde nigcwalise ifomu elibizwange SAPS 92 ukuze kwaziswe iBureau of Missing Persons ukuze imininigwane yakhe isuswe kwabalahlekile. (Imininigwane siyithole kwi website yakwa SAPS).
