Child abduction
Child safety: Lentegeur CPF calls for more action from govt, communities
A parent in Lentegeur says communities and the government are failing children after a child was robbed, assaulted and drugged in the area.
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Police to engage Safa following news of bogus soccer academy
The suspect charged the boy's parents thousands of rands a month for them to attend the academy with the highest fee being around R15,000.
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Man arrested for allegedly abducting 40 children in Joburg
The children have allegedly been living in dire conditions and have been paying monthly fees of up to R3,500 to attend the academy.
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Woman arrested for alleged child abduction in Joburg CBD
Police say the woman was found hiding the baby in a bag carrying tomatoes and onions.
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Cele: Don’t wait 48 hours before reporting a missing person
The minister was speaking on the side-lines of a memorial service held at the Rippon Primary School in KwaZulu-Natal where slain nine-year-old Miguel Louw was in grade four.
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Bheki Cele: Parents should know whereabouts of their children
The police minister was speaking at the Rippon Primary School in Sydenham where slain nine-year-old boy Miguel Louw was in grade 4.
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Sudan police save 85 minors from trafficking network: Interpol
The victims, some of whom were as young as 10, were from several African countries including Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea and Niger.
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Parents urged to be vigilant amid abductions in the Western Cape
There have been at least 13 cases of child abductions and attempted kidnappings in communities across the city since last month.
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Inside the spate of child abductions in the Western Cape
The Western Cape Education Department has vowed to treat this matter with urgency and work closely with the SAPS to find out who is behind these crimes.
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Child abductions under spotlight as EC cops probe links to human trafficking
Sizwe Kupelo of the Eastern Cape premier's office says authorities are probing a number of possible trafficking cases in the province following several kidnappings.
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CT school principal shares concerns over spike in child abductions
The Western Cape Education Department has received six reports of attempted abductions over the past two days.
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Learner escapes attempted abduction in Bonteheuwel
The girl reported that two men driving a white Toyota Yaris with tinted windows tried to lure her but she managed to get away.
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Family of murdered Philippi toddler calls for suspect to remain behind bars
The little boy's body was discovered along the N2 highway near Philippi last week, just days after he'd been abducted from his family home.
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CT police urge communities to protect children in wake of abductions
In the most the most recent incident, a girl was almost snatched in Kensington when a suspect tried to lure the child into their car.
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Cape parents urged to be vigilant following another attempted child abduction
This is the latest in a series of similar incidents in the city in recent weeks.
