What do the statistics reveal about missing children in South Africa?
Data collected over the past three months up to 2024 has highlighted an alarming figure regarding the same issue. missing children cases In South Africa, as well as the regions hit hardest.
According to Cape Town Etc Between October and December, a total of 188 cases were reported; subsequently, out of these, 102 children have been located, whereas 86 continue to be missing, with varying numbers across different provinces.
According to the provincial distribution, the Western Cape had the most reported disappearances among children, totaling 56 cases over those three months. Out of these, 40 children have been located, whereas 16 remain unaccounted for.
Up next was the Free State province reporting 42 cases, out of which 39 of the missing children were found.
In Gauteng, 38 children were reported as missing, and alarmingly, just six have been located so far, which means 32 remain unfound. Notably, this represents the largest number of outstanding cases among all provinces.
In KwaZulu-Natal, subsequently, 19 children were reported missing, out of which five have been located, yet 14 remain unaccounted for.
The North West province disclosed that 15 children went missing, of which only three have been located while 12 remain unfound.
In Mpumalanga, there were nine reported missing children cases; out of these, eight have been located, leaving only one child still unaccounted for.
In the Eastern Cape, seven children have gone missing, and none of them have been located since.
In Limpopo, two kids went missing; one has been located, but the second remains unfound.
No cases were reported in the Northern Cape during this time frame.
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