{"id":47928,"date":"2024-07-11T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/brother-missing-since-2020-20240711-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:37:19","slug":"brother-missing-since-2020-20240711-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/brother-missing-since-2020-20240711-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother missing since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Welkom resident has been missing since 2020 after he went to visit relatives in Steynsrus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane Patrick Tekenya, born on 31 May 1946, was reported missing by his sister, Roseline Kgaile of house number 30134 in Freedom Square, Thabong, after he did not return from visiting family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApparently on 15 March 2020 he went to Steynsrus to see his siblings and relatives and never returned home to Riebeeckstad, Welkom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKgaile started searching for her brother, but all in vain,\u201d says Capt. 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