Police baffled by disappearance of 4-year-old boy

KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent | Tuesday January 17, 2012 00:00

Police spokesman Superintendent Goitsemang Mokgatle says they are baffled how a child so young and small can go missing. 'The child has been missing since Tuesday last week,' he says. 'We are still looking for the boy, but we have heard nothing so far.'

The police have asked neighbouring cattle posts to assist. 'I encourage parents to keep an eye on their children at all times,' Mokgatle says. 'They should know their children's friends and where they play. They should tell their children what time they expect them home and always make sure that the children are home before dark.'

It is the first time a child so young has gone missing in Foley East. Grown-ups occasionally go missing when out gathering phane, but they have all been found eventually.