Search ongoing for missing South Coast toddler
Private investigators are now searching for a South Coast toddler who has been missing for 26 days.
The police's Thembeka Mbhele says three-year-old, Siphesihle Dlamini went missing during a church service in Amandawe, in the Silengeni Ward on New Year's Eve.
She was wearing a pink dress with white stripes on the day of her disappearance.
"The three-year-old child reported missing at Amandawe, in the Silengeni area is still missing. The police continue looking for the child. We also appeal to the community - whoever has knowledge of the child's whereabouts to please contact police, Umzinto Child Protection or contact the Crimestop number," she says.
Her father, Mxolisi Ngwane says the family is hopeful that they will find her.
"There is a private investigator involved and we have met with him. She's been missing since the beginning of the year. It's [hard] for the family but we are hanging in there because of the support and all the prayers," he says.