An East London teenager, missing from her Vincent home since November, was reunited with her family on Tuesday evening after being spotted by vigilant community members who alerted law enforcement agencies.
The 16-year-old girl, Athule Jadezweni, a former Hudson Park High School pupil, was found wandering in Currie Street in Quigney, according to Cambridge police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi.
Mbi said the teenager had been found unharmed after community members, who were alerted of her disappearance through media, spotted her near the BP garage in Quigney and flagged down a Buffalo City Metro law enforcement vehicle which took the teen into custody.
Mbi said she had been spotted a few hours after her picture was circulated to the media.
“She was reunited with her family,” said Mbi.
Mbi said the teenager was last seen watching TV at her Vincent home on the evening of November 17 last year.
It is understood that she later sneaked out of the window, left the clothes she was wearing in a home garage, before vanishing.
Mbi said her family only reported her missing to police this week.
She was found a few hours after a missing person docket was opened by Cambridge police.
Athule’s aunt, Afika Jadezweni, speaking from Johannesburg, on Wednesday said Athule had dropped out from Hudson Park High last August or September because of ill health and that the family was now doing their best to get her professional help so she could go back to school...