Booysens SAPS needs help to find a 17-year-old Khanyisa, who has reportedly been missing for over a month.
According to Booysens SAPS, she was last seen in the Turffontein area.
“Khanyisa’s mother received a call from an unknown person and number that she is being kept against her will and being abused,” said Booysens SAPS in a statement.
If anyone has seen Khanyisa or has any information, please contact 011 433 5200.
Any assistance in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
According to the South African Police Service Missing Persons Bureau, a person goes missing every five hours in South Africa. When something like this happens to you, it can make you feel powerless and hopeless, but there is something you can do now to help a person should they ever go missing.
What to do when a person goes missing
There is an ongoing impression that you need to wait at least 24 hours to report a person missing. This is not true at all- there is no waiting period to report a person, including a child, as missing. You must go to the police as soon as you suspect that a person has been abducted or disappeared.
According to the South African Police Service, you need to do the following when reporting a missing person:
- Produce a recent photograph of the missing person
- You need to give a description of the missing person, where were they last seen and with whom, what were they wearing, their age, their hair colour, eye colour
- You need to sign a form at the police station which safeguards the police from false reports and indemnifies the police to distribute the picture and information of the missing person
- Get the details of the investigating officer and inform them of any new information that may arise
- Should the person return home or be found by other people but not the police, it’s your responsibility as a friend, family or relative to inform the investigating officer so that they can give you another form to fill and they can inform the Bureau for Missing Persons to remove you from the circulation system.
