In South Africa, a child goes missing every five hours, according to statistics for 2013 from the SAPS Missing Persons Bureau.
The statistics, as reported last June, revealed that since 1995, a total of 3 712 children had disappeared, comprising 1 537 boys and 2 175 girls.
The United Democratic Movement Women’s Organisation (UDEMWO) expressed concern about the staggering number of missing children in South Africa.
The party claims that through child trafficking, kidnapping, murder, and rape – South Africa’s children – are easy targets for predators, and called for Minister Bheki Cele to intervene.
Some of the cases, including those of Joshlin Smith, Kai-isha Meniers, Linathi Titshala, Lunamandla Sithonga, and Ivakele Imvano, have made headlines but many others go publicly unreported.
Additionally, UDEMWO expressed its displeasure with the claims…