Help locate parents: Social Development Springs seeks public's assistance
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The Department of Social Development Springs needs the community's assistance to locate the following people:
• Sesi Ousi Mthini and Johannes Marutane, the parents of Onalerona, who is 4 years old.
• Louse Conje, the mother of Juanita Cronje, born August 9, 2015.
Anyone with information regarding these cases is urged to contact Bongekile Masina at 011 365 9069.
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