Missing woman reunited with mom after not arriving at Cape Town airport

The 27-year-old, Djamena Manjenje, who has been missing since Monday, has been reunited with her mother.

Manjenje, who is initially from Luanda and relocated to Cape Town in December 2016, left her Salt River house on Monday to fetch her mother at Cape Town International Airport but never arrived. The 27-year-old lives at the Double Tree Hotel and left the location at 2.13pm on Monday to fetch her mother. She did not reach the airport.  NGO Pink Ladies Woodstock police and then issued a missing persons alert. On Friday the Pink Ladies said: "Djamena Manjenje arrived safely back at her apartment last night. Police officials were meeting with her and her mother this morning." Police said that the conditions of her disappearance were under investigation." 

Vuyolwethu Bara, a 24-year-old, from Gugulethu, who has been missing since July 6 after having visited the rehabilitation centre in Stikland, was also found "alive, safe and unharmed " on Thursday, the Pink Ladies said. 

In the meantime, Simone Muller, a 28-year-old Delft woman, who has been missing since July 27, has still not been found. She was previously seen leaving her residence in Voorbrug in the morning. Mfuleni police are also looking for the support of the public in tracing Verdi van Rooyen, 31, who was last seen at about 9am on Sunday.

Verdi was at home with his wife when he decided to go to the nearby shopping mall in Kuils River to buy meat but never returned.

By: Ellouise Muller