Social workers of the Somerset West branch of the ACVV are looking for Keegan Swartz, the biological father of a child in the Helderberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swartz\u2019s current whereabouts and last address is unknown, but he was apparently last seen in Stellenbosch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone with information on where he may be is asked to contact AVCC Somerset West social worker Shireen Kloppers on 021 852 2103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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