The South African Police Service in Ritavi outside Tzaneen under Mopani District has launched a search operation for a 14-year-old girl, Mmankwane Joyce Mangena from Khujwana, Ntwanano village. She was allegedly last seen on 12 March 2022 at about 14:00 in the afternoon.
The missing teenager’s mother, alleges that when her daughter left home she said that she was going to visit her father in Lephephana village. The mother only discovered on Tuesday, 05 April 2022 that the teenager had not been at her father’s home after she did not return home from her supposed visit in order to go to school.
At the time of her disappearance, the victim was last seen wearing a black and white dress with black sandals. A search was conducted for her friends and relatives without success.
Anyone with information that can advance Police efforts to locate Joyce may contact Ritavi SAPS on 0798906460 or Crime Stop number 08600101111 or the nearest police station.
Police investigations are still continuing.