{"id":294984,"date":"2025-12-04T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=294984"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:35:12","slug":"public-asked-to-help-find-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/public-asked-to-help-find-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Public asked to help find woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The police are requesting assistance from the public to locate Masesi Merriam Saudi (32), who was reported missing in Thabong after failing to arrive at work.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The missing Saudi was last seen on Monday 1 December at approximately 07:00, when she left home to go to work. According to reports, Saudi did not arrive at her workplace, and no one has seen or heard from her since her departure that morning.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"294985\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/public-asked-to-help-find-woman\/vinmissing_96502\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VinMISSING_96502.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VinMISSING_96502\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Masesi Merriam Saudi (32) from Thabong has been reported  as missing.  PHOTO: SAPS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Masesi Merriam Saudi (32) from Thabong has been reported  as missing.  PHOTO: SAPS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VinMISSING_96502-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VinMISSING_96502-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VinMISSING_96502-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VinMISSING_96502-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VinMISSING_96502.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Masesi Merriam Saudi (32) from Thabong has been reported  as missing.  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