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Paseka is home safe
Article in ‘Express Northern Cape’ leads to boy’s safe return
} Boipelo Mere PASEKA MAAMOGE (12), the deaf boy from Lerato Park who went missing on Saturday, 18 April, was reunited with his parents on Wednesday (22/04) morning, thanks to the article of his disappearance that appeared in Express Northern Cape last week. He was found in Delportshoop after a social worker, Lynette Nyati, had arranged with the Eye on the Child-NGO volunteer Maria Motabogi (45) to take him in until they had located his family. He reportedly arrived at the Koopmansfontein petrol station by foot and slept there for two nights before the petrol attendants took him to the nearest police station on Monday morning, 20 April. Communication channels opened on Wednesday at around 08:00 after Nyati had seen the newspaper article and immediately called the Express Northern Cape office. “I was filled with so much joy when I saw the headline ‘Bring back Paseka’ on the front page of the Express Northern Cape,” she said when reporting the good news. “I knew that it was him because he had written down the name ‘Paseka’ when asked to write it. And I recognised the picture in the newspaper,” Nyati responded when asked about the certainty of her statement. The newspaper then liaised with the Community Policing Forum (CPF) member Tebogo Seele to notify the police, who then accompanied the family to go and identify the boy. The deaf boy’s mother, Gladys Maamoge (40), beamed with joy when she thanked Express Northern Cape for publishing the story of her missing son and the community for their assistance in searching for the boy. “Now I can go and eat and sleep well because I have found
PASEKA’s father, Molefi Louw, CPF member Tebogo Seele, Paseka Maamoge, Gladys Maamoge (mother), Magdeline Alexander (neighbour) and Charmaine Morris (Eye on the Child volunteer) welcoming Paseka back. Photos: Boipelo Mere
‘When I saw the head line I rushed to the office to call the news paper and tell them that I had the boy.’ my son,” she said. “I am so happy, I do not know how to express my joy. I want to thank everyone who assisted: the community, neighbours and the police. I wish that God gives them the strength to continue helping other families in need,” said the mother. According to Nyati, it was a huge relief when she saw Paseka’s face in the Express Northern Cape on Wednesday morning. “When I saw the headline I rushed to the office to call the
newspaper and tell them that I had found the boy.” Paseka has reportedly already developed a soft spot for his good Samaritan (Motabogi), because everyone stated how he had clung to her instead of to his parents when they had arrived to take him home. Motabogi described what a joy it had been for her family to have Paseka stay with them for those two days. “He is a fast learner and naturally bright. Me, my husband and two sons had a good experience with Paseka. I even forgot how concerned I was when I was informed that he was deaf. But I used my motherly instinct and we had a blast.” ) Read the next edition of Express Northern Cape to read about Motabogi’s moments with Paseka.
PASEKA reading about his disappearance in Express Northern Cape. He screamed in excitement to see his family’s pictures.
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