16-year old East girl missing
Manana Kate Matemotja was last seen in Lusaka on 8 April wearing grey jeans, a black net top with long sleeves, black Vans sneakers and a white bandana.
The family of a 16-year-old Mamelodi girl who went missing over a week ago is worried sick as the girl is nowhere to be found.
Manana Kate Matemotja was last seen in Lusaka on 8 April wearing grey jeans, a black net top with long sleeves, black Vans sneakers and a white bandana.
Mother Itumeleng Matemotja said her daughter left home in D2 on her birthday on 7 April to go to her father’s house in extension 4.
From there the girl went to her grandmother’s house in Tsakane where she celebrated her birthday.
“She left the next day saying she was coming to us again in D2,” she said.
“We are very worried about her.”
Matemotja said it was unusual for Manana to disappear without saying anything to anyone.
“She always calls to tell us her whereabouts. Even when she is with her grandmother or friends she would usually call in to check up on us, especially on her younger sibling,” she said.
“I hardly sleep at night wondering where she is. I manage to get some food down, and I am trying not to assume the worst, but with things happening to young girls, its really hard not to.”
Mamelodi East Police spokesperson Constable Lethabo Mashilonane said investigations suggested that the girl was set to meet up with a friend in Lusaka, but didn’t make it to the friend’s place.
“A missing person case was opened and is currently under investigation,” he said.
Mashiloane urged anyone with information on Manana’s whereabouts to contact the Mamelodi East police station.
Other contacts to call:
Mother: 064-871-4665
Uncle: 081-437-4140
Father: 072-739-5234
Grandmother: 071-303-1691
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