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‘Bring back Paseka’
Family’s appeal after disabled child (12) goes missing in Lerato Park } Boipelo Mere THE family of Paseka Maamoge (12) pleads with whoever might have taken their son to return him to them, or give them a clue about where he can be found. Paseka, a learner of the Retlameleng Special School in Galeshewe, is deaf and has a speech problem. He went missing on Saturday (18/04). This is the day on which some of the community members in Lerato Park last saw him. The community has started a search for the child, who is known to many people in the area due to his willingness to help everyone out. According to Paseka’s mother, Gladys Maamoge (40), she last saw her son playing at a nearby tuck shop on Saturday. “After he had left to play as usual I took a bath and went to visit a friend in my neighbourhood,” Maamoge said. “I passed him playing in front of the tuck shop. That is one of the few places he spends most of his time away from school.” She said she did not have a problem with that, because he had befriended the owners of the shop who had usually chatted and laughed with her son, also giving him sweets and chips. “I only spent about five minutes at my friend’s place, then returned home because I was not feeling well.” According to Maamoge, she started getting worried when her son did not come home at 17:00 as usual. “It also bothered me that he never came home to eat in the afternoon as usual. He does not usually go far. “I took his younger sister and went looking for him at all the places that he frequents.” The family became anxious when the father, James Louw (40), arrived from work at 20:00 and Paseka was still nowhere to be seen. “My first question was, ‘Where is Paseka?’ when I returned home and did not find him sitting at the door as usual, waiting for me,” said Louw. The family said they had opened a missing person’s case at the Roodepan
Police Station, but that they were still waiting for the case number. By the time of going to print Lt. Sergio Kock confirmed that a case of a missing person had been registered at the Roodepark Police Station. He confirmed that the case was under investigation. At Paseka’s home in Lerato Park, the family pleads with anyone who might have taken Paseka to return him home. “He is just an innocent child and is disabled. He does not deserve to be harmed,” added his emotional mother. “If you have him, please bring him back, even if you can drop him off at the street corner and inform us, we will appreciate it,” said Paseka’s aunt Dimakatso Chabalala. The local Community Policing Forum (CPF) also pledged its support in finding the child. “We do not know the plans of whoever took him, but we will do anything in our power to support the family in finding the child,” said Tebogo Seele, a member of the CPF. One of the owners of the tuck shop, Mohiuwd Ahmed, said he and his brother were both sad over the boy’s disappearance. “My brother even cried, because we love him. He is our neighbour, so we will assist in searching for him,” Ahmed said.
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GLADYS MAAMOGE (left), Paseka’s mother, and aunt Dimakatso Chabalala pleading for the missing boy’s return. Photos: Boipelo Mere
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