POLOKWANE – The Department of Social Development is requesting help from the community in identifying or finding the next of kin of a two-year-old child only known as Isaac/Isak.
Spokesperson, Kanakana Mantshimuli says the child is currently at a temporary safe care facility in terms of Section 150(1)(a) of the Children’s Act no. 38 of 2005 and was brought to the institution by the Polokwane SAPS who alleged that the child was found by members of the public, roaming around Limpopo Mall with no trace of parents or guardians.
“SAPS have already alerted local media using the case number OB3324/04/2019 as reference. Up to so far, nobody has come forward. The case manager (social worker) has attempted to find more information about the child and his relatives, but the process is hampered by the fact that the child can only provide his name,” Mantshimuli stated.
He added that the Department is seeking assistance in the hope that someone may come forward with more information so as to reunite the child with his relatives. If not, Mantshimuli says the message will assist in the process of a permanency plan such as adoption, in the case of no relatives or guardians claiming the child.
