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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A teenager from Kraaifontein, Cape Town disappeared on Christmas day, and police have asked for help with any information that could help bring him home.<\/p>\n

Sixteen-year-old Nastal Mkhonto was last seen in the Covid informal settlement in Bloekombos at around 09:30 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“At the time of his disappearance, he was seen wearing yellow shorts with black and red slippers, an orange T-shirt with the words ‘Covid 19’ written on the back, and a black jacket,” said Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information that can help locate him and return him safely to his family is urged to contact Warrant Officer Charles Goodwin on 082 535 5874 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. A teenager from Kraaifontein, Cape Town disappeared on Christmas day, and police have asked for help with any information that could help bring him home. Sixteen-year-old Nastal Mkhonto was last seen in the Covid informal settlement in Bloekombos at around 09:30 on Sunday. “At the time of his disappearance, he was seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[274,315,279,1670,275,295],"class_list":["post-41958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-cape-town","tag-missing-persons","tag-south-africa-2","tag-western-cape"],"yoast_head":"\nCape Town teen missing since Christmas day - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A teenager from Kraaifontein, Cape Town disappeared on Christmas day, and police have asked for help with any informatio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cape Town teen missing since Christmas day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A teenager from Kraaifontein, Cape Town disappeared on Christmas day, and police have asked for help with any informatio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-28T17:28:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-28T18:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1672235905.62.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"587\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Cape Town teen missing since Christmas day\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-28T17:28:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-28T18:19:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1672235905.62.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"cape town\",\"missing persons\",\"South-Africa\",\"western cape\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-teen-missing-since-christmas-day\",\"name\":\"Cape Town teen missing since Christmas day - 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