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Thapelo Sithole

SEARCHING: Police and community members search for missing Thapelo Sithole in Spitspunt, Limpopo, on Saturday. PHOTO: ALFRED MOSELAKGOMO

Since last Wednesday, attempts to find little Thapelo Sithole of Spitspunt in Limpopo's Moutse area - who was last seen playing outside his home's yard at about 4pm - were unsuccessful.

The incident has terrified villagers as memories of missing kids in the past have come to haunt them.

In 2006 the bodies of three people who went missing in the village were found in the nearby bush with their private parts missing.

But the boy's family is optimistic that he is still alive and believes it's just a matter of time before he returns home.

The villagers have been assisting the family to search for him.

"What happened to this family can happen to any of us here," said Nnono Kekana.

On Saturday, sniffer dogs were dispatched to the village but failed to find the boy. A team of Marble Hall police detectives, led by station commander Lieutenant-Colonel Kate Maswanganyi, also joined the search.

At about 11pm, the family approached a local traditional healer, but this did not help as the spot she identified yielded nothing.

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Thu May 23 14:24:01 SAST 2013 ::

Aug 27, 2012

MommaC

Oh no!
A parent's worst nightmare. I so hope it has a happy ending
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Aug 27, 2012

Msknowitall2

i feel sorry for the parents. my cousin le yena went missing since Dec 2010, le nou o sa nyameletje
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Aug 27, 2012

Papage

3 years old, but with a face of 55 years old? he looks very matured to me, I wish they find him safe. Ke kopa le sware dingaka tsa maaka, yona yeo leileng ko yona is the first suspect.
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Aug 27, 2012

Britata

@Msknowitall2,im sorry to hear that,i have two boys aged 7 and 4,i pray everyday for their safety,this is heart breaking
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Aug 27, 2012

MmaSeshego

Msknowitall2
i feel sorry for the parents. my cousin le yena went missing since Dec 2010, le nou o sa nyameletje
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Modimo a be le lena and continue praying. God will provide answers.Having your child be unaccounted for is the worst feeling in the world. When my son was two he followed my niece when she went to play strateng. he lost sight of her and went on his own way. they searched everywhere for him without any luck and when they called the police they were informed that a woman took him to a creche and th owner wa creche called the police to let them know to inform anybody who calls about a missing boy. they cleaned him and fed him and he was found playing without a care in the world. When they told me everything i fell sick and thought i need to have a new worst fear because what was my worst fear became a reality
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Aug 27, 2012

dennilton1

the mother came to our service yesterday and i can quarantee that she will find closure within two weeks, so plz sowetan keeps us on our toez so that community can be informed.
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Aug 27, 2012

fhouse

what's happening in limpopo mara ? every week moet go nne le article about limpopo..hai maan let's us pray for this province please modimo ntate wa rona bautlwele botlhoko ramasedi ..
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Aug 27, 2012

Msknowitall2

Britata
MmaSeshego

Nna i biliv gore one day he will come back to us.
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Aug 27, 2012

GODESS

Yerrrr! this is my worst fear...eish and my 2 year old is such a busy bee that even knows how to open slide a heavy gate. ke gore nje eish! i dont know what i would say or do.
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Aug 27, 2012

dennilton1

let sowetan visit the family after two weeks either the father as is prime suspect or whoever took him will be in arrest quarantee.i heard from the mother of the child live from our service yesterday and it felt like drama to me.
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