SOUTH AFRICA:
How to Report a missing person
Go to your nearest police station and open a missing person’s case by filing a missing persons report at your nearest police station. There is no waiting period to report a missing person and for South African Police Service to open a missing persons file and provide you with and OB reference number Once you have the OB (Occurrence Book) number you will be able to alert the relevant NPO, which will assist and provide a missing persons flyer for distribution. Below are the two organisations ACT Africa works with:
National Missing Persons SA – 079 351 2160 / 084 701 4072
Missing IN SA – 072 649 7683/ 0810103888
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
As per South African Government Official Information and Services
If someone close to you is missing, you should report it to the police as soon as you know they are missing. You do not need to wait for 24 hours.
You can contact the Bureau for Missing Persons to report a missing person or go to your nearest police station and report that the person is missing as soon as you know they are missing.
Take with you a recent photograph of the missing person so that it can be scanned into the National Bureau for Missing Persons database. This database is a Crime Stop project and police all over the country use it. Give any information that might help to identify the person, such as their age, height, hair colour, eye colour, and any identifying marks such as scars or tattoos. You may be asked to fill in forms giving all this information.
A detective will be assigned to the case. You should make sure that you have the name and contact details of the detective, and keep in contact with them. You should give that detective any new information about the missing person that you get after you have reported the case.
Remember to inform the police should the missing person be found.
https://www.gov.za/services/services-residents/dealing-law/report-crime/how-report-missing-person
As per South African Police Service – https://www.saps.gov.za/services/report_missing_person.php
Contact details for the national and regional offices of the Bureau of Missing Persons:
Head Office: Tel: 012 393 2001/2/5/7/10/12
Fax to E-mail: 086 777 9420
E-mail: missing@saps.gov.za / missings.hq@saps.gov.za
Eastern Cape: Tel: 041 394 6978/6482
Fax: 041 394 6899
E-mail: missing.eastcape@saps.gov.za
Free State: Tel: 051 503 2846
Fax: 051 503 2847
E-mail: fs.missingpersons@saps.gov.za
Gauteng: Tel: 011 670 6316/6415/6416
Fax: 011 670 6417
E-mail: missing.gauteng@saps.gov.za
Kwazulu-Natal: Tel: 031 3256718
Fax: 031 325 4802
E-mail: kznmissingpersons@saps.gov.za
Limpopo: Tel: 015 290 6000
E-mail: Lim.provhead.detectiveservices@saps.gov.za
Mpumalanga: Tel: 013 762 4391
Fax to E-mail: 086 651 6916
E-mail: mp.dsmp@saps.gov.za
Northern Cape: Tel: 053 839 2822
Fax to E-mail: 086 628 3178
E-mail: DickDL@saps.gov.za
North West: Tel: 018 299 7722/7034/7172
Fax: 018 299 7523
E-mail: nw.det.missing@saps.gov.za
Western Cape: Tel: 021 467 8236
Fax: 021 467 8238
E-mail: missing.westcape@saps.gov.za
In cases of emergencies call 08600 10111
Missing Person in Another Country
Call the International Emergency Number 112 for assistance
Contact the local police force in that country; if necessary, you can also reach out to your local police department who may be able to facilitate communication with the authorities in the other country through channels like Interpol, providing details about the missing person and their last known location.
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