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Sy het erken dat Prins met dwelmmisbruik geworstel het, ten spyte van die gesin se voortdurende pogings om hom te ondersteun.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadat hy teen daardie Dinsdag nie weer by die familie opgedaag het nie en sy by almal navraag gedoen het, is sy die Woensdag na die polisie om haar seun as vermis aan te meld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Intussen is Steven Pontac, wat op Sondag 15\u2009Februarie laas gesien is toe hy sy tuiste in Macassar Village verlaat het, Maandag (23\u2009Februarie) opgespoor. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsAppImage2026-02_32919.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steven Pontac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die publiek is gevra om uit te kyk vir die ongeveer 1,8 m lange Pontac, met &#8216;n skraal liggaamsbou, bruin o\u00eb en kort, swart hare. 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