“I am so happy.
“I can’t express how happy I am to have my son home,” said Thembisille Mokwena (23) from her home in Katlehong.
Thembisille’s son, Kagiso (6), went missing on January 9, from a park in Katlehong, but was reunited with his mother on June 1.
The little boy was found when his father saw him outside a tuck shop, close to his home.
“Kagiso’s father and I are separated,” Thembisille said.
“He had been at the Katlehong Police Station and asked an officer to take him home; not long after he had returned home he went to the local tuck shop.
“He claims that our son walked up while he was there.”
It is alleged that Kagiso had been sent to the shop by his captor.
Thembisille explained how she spent the five months since her son’s disappearance.
“It was a really bad time in my life,” she said.
“I cried every day, and couldn’t eat.
“I really thought my life was over.”
She insists that she doesn’t know who the 28-year-old, who was charged with Kagiso’s kidnapping, is.
“My heart was sore after hearing from a journalist that the woman who kidnapped my son had been released,” she said.
“I was angry that the police hadn’t contacted me about the situation.
“I want to know what really happened and who this woman is, she could be an old friend, an enemy, I just don’t know.”
All the unanswered questions have left Thembisille in a state of fear.
“I am frightened that she will come back and try to take Kagiso away again, or worse, kill him,” she said.
This young mother feels the police have failed her, but is focusing on what is important to her, her son.
“He is going to school and I am focused on making sure he is happy and safe,” said Thembisille.
The GCN will continue to follow this case and release any new developments as they become available.
