{"id":47188,"date":"2022-05-09T13:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T11:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/police-need-help-to-find-missing-man-from-despatch-20220509\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:58:03","slug":"police-need-help-to-find-missing-man-from-despatch-20220509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/police-need-help-to-find-missing-man-from-despatch-20220509\/","title":{"rendered":"Police need help to find missing man from Despatch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SAPS Despatch is urgently seeking the community\u2019s assistance in locating a 37-year-old man from Despatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Captain Gerda Swart, police spokesperson, George Fredrik Stefanus van der Merwe left his residence in Despatch on the morning of May 1 and never returned.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorge van der Merwe was clad in a pair of blue jeans, a black top and black shoes at the time of his disappearance. 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