{"id":142167,"date":"2017-01-13T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142167\/police-help-boy-find-his-father\/"},"modified":"2017-01-13T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T13:42:08","slug":"police-help-boy-find-his-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/13\/police-help-boy-find-his-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Police help boy find his father"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sifiso Mashinini (14) was reunited with his father, Mbhekeni, on January 10, after eight years of searching.<\/p>\n

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Sifiso Mashinini (14) appealed to the Katlehong police for help in finding his long-lost family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe young man appealed to the Katlehong police for helping in finding his long-lost family in early January,\u201d explained Capt Mega Ndobe of the Ekurhuleni West cluster.<\/p>

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It is reported that Sifiso lost his family during a visit to Sibokeng when he was six years old.<\/p>\n

After attempts to find his family failed, he went into foster care, and Maggie Ntswele began to raise him as her own.<\/p>

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\u201cHis foster mother helped him to approach the police,\u201d said Ndobe.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe explained that he remembered his mother\u2019s and father\u2019s names and knew he had three siblings, two older and one younger.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce officers had gathered all the information they could, the search began.\u201d<\/p>\n

Days later, Mbhekeni and Sifiso were reunited.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a formality, DNA testing will be done to confirm that Mbhekeni is indeed Sifiso\u2019s father,\u201d said Ndobe.<\/p>\n

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