A Philippi family is appealing for help in finding a 15-year-old disabled girl who ran away to Manenberg last week.
The worried ouma of Glendine Malgas says she is at her wits end trying to find the meisie and scared she will end up “dead in a wheelie bin”.
Ouma Jeanette Solomons, 59, arrived at Manenberg Police Station on Monday desperate to find the teen.
“I have looked after her since birth because her mother is on drugs and on the street. Her father is my son but he died in July last year and ever since we have been having problems with her,” the granny explains.
“She has cerebral palsy and has a disability of her hand so she goes to a special school in Retreat. We last saw her on 1 February as she did not have school that day, she was at home. I was busy in the house and she just disappeared.”
Jeanette says along with relatives they searched the Jabula Informal Settlement where Glendine lives but were told she was seen in Manenberg.
“It’s been a week that we have been looking and have still not found her. The last time I saw her she was wearing a blue jeans and a blue frilly top. We are very worried because she is young and does not understand the danger she has put herself in.
“We see in the newspapers how a woman ended up dead in a vullisdrom here in Manenberg. We are appealing to anyone who has seen her to please contact the police.”
Police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg, confirms that Philippi police are searching for the teen. Anyone who has seen her is asked to call the police station on 021 690 1536.