A mother desperately seeking her eight-year-old son who went missing while playing outside his Duncan Village home on Friday has touched the heart of a woman at her work.
The woman, a nurse at Medicross Health Group in Berea where the boy’s mother works as a cleaner, dug into her savings to raise R5000 as a reward to find Inga Gaqa who disappeared while playing with friends outside his home in D-Section.
Jessica Bredenkamp said: “Police have done their part; they brought in a chopper to help look for the little boy but could not find him and there is still no news. As citizens we just cannot sit down and do nothing about it.
“What good is money if you are not using it on a worthy cause.
“I hope the R5000 reward is enough to get someone talking; it is Christmas time now and the money can go a long way,” she said.
Bredenkamp was also prepared to pay for 1000 fliers with pictures of the missing boy to circulate around East London – but Copyworld in Berea stepped in to print them for free.
Inga’s mother Siphokazi Gaqa, 28, said she last saw her son at noon when she was going to report for duty at Medicross. “My sister called me at 7pm at work saying my son had been missing since 4pm. We borrowed a loud speaker and drove around Duncan Village announcing his disappearance but we never found him.”
Gaqa said the boy’s father was in Gauteng working and was shocked when he learned of his disappearance.
Yesterday, Gaqa said she was holding prayer services day and night for her son’s safe return. “I don’t know what happened…friends he was playing with at the time…also do not know what happened to him.”
Inga is a Grade 3 pupil at the Nompumelelo primary school in Duncan Village. “I just hope he is safe wherever he is,” Gaqa said.
Duncan Village police spokesman Captain Stephen Marais said Inga was wearing brown trousers, lemon coloured slip-on shoes and a light coloured shirt when he disappeared.
“He has plaited hair and has a slender built. A missing person case has since been opened. Anyone who has information that can assist the police can contact the Duncan Village Police Station on (043)701-9200 or the Police Crime Stop number 08600-10111.
All information will be treated as confidential,” Marais said. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za
Kind nurse posts reward for missing boy
The woman, a nurse at Medicross Health Group in Berea where the boy’s mother works as a cleaner, dug into her savings to raise R5000 as a reward to find Inga Gaqa who disappeared while playing with friends outside his home in D-Section.
Jessica Bredenkamp said: “Police have done their part; they brought in a chopper to help look for the little boy but could not find him and there is still no news. As citizens we just cannot sit down and do nothing about it.
“What good is money if you are not using it on a worthy cause.
“I hope the R5000 reward is enough to get someone talking; it is Christmas time now and the money can go a long way,” she said.
Bredenkamp was also prepared to pay for 1000 fliers with pictures of the missing boy to circulate around East London – but Copyworld in Berea stepped in to print them for free.
Inga’s mother Siphokazi Gaqa, 28, said she last saw her son at noon when she was going to report for duty at Medicross. “My sister called me at 7pm at work saying my son had been missing since 4pm. We borrowed a loud speaker and drove around Duncan Village announcing his disappearance but we never found him.”
Gaqa said the boy’s father was in Gauteng working and was shocked when he learned of his disappearance.
Yesterday, Gaqa said she was holding prayer services day and night for her son’s safe return. “I don’t know what happened…friends he was playing with at the time…also do not know what happened to him.”
Inga is a Grade 3 pupil at the Nompumelelo primary school in Duncan Village. “I just hope he is safe wherever he is,” Gaqa said.
Duncan Village police spokesman Captain Stephen Marais said Inga was wearing brown trousers, lemon coloured slip-on shoes and a light coloured shirt when he disappeared.
“He has plaited hair and has a slender built. A missing person case has since been opened. Anyone who has information that can assist the police can contact the Duncan Village Police Station on (043)701-9200 or the Police Crime Stop number 08600-10111.
All information will be treated as confidential,” Marais said. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za
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