{"id":58150,"date":"2022-03-17T11:53:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T09:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/missing-girl-still-sought-20220316-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:17:49","slug":"missing-girl-still-sought-20220316-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/missing-girl-still-sought-20220316-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing girl still sought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_0bf7838f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1405\/cc3a1a6d25dd45a6b2caa381ee649795.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1405\/0e0a4a5f1edd4690974d63d5f12d96bd.jpg\" title=\"Hlonolofatso Ntherisi (4)\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Hlonolofatso Ntherisi (4)<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A desperate search for the four-year-old Hlonolofatso Ntherisi has still not yielded results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A joint search was conducted by the South African Police Service (SAPS), the SAPS Airwing and community members on Saturday (12\/03). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They scoured the area where the child had gone missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hlonolofatso was last seen in front of her grandmother\u2019s house, number 7340, in Thabong on 5 March.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had been wearing a black tracksuit top and black tights. She was barefoot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_46dcb537\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1405\/ae327a50d87440aa891aa37ebca12938.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1405\/809e5837696247eb934e51435fdd1b7c.jpeg\" title=\"Members of SAPS search of the missing child in the bushes near where she was last seen.Photo: SAPS\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Members of SAPS search of the missing child in the bushes near where she was last seen.Photo: SAPS<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Capt. 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