Parktown Boys’ High Pleads for Help in Finding Boy Missing from School Camp
Parktown Boys’ High School has asked South Africans to share their post to help find 13-year-old school boy, Enock Mpianzi, who went missing during a school camp at a lodge in Brits in the North West Province. Update: Missing Parktown schoolboy Enock Mpianzi’s body has sadly been found. The teenager, from Yeoville, was part of […]
Parktown Boys’ High School has asked South Africans to share their post to help find 13-year-old school boy, Enock Mpianzi, who went missing during a school camp at a lodge in Brits in the North West Province. Update: Missing Parktown schoolboy Enock Mpianzi’s body has sadly been found.
The teenager, from Yeoville, was part of a Grade 8 group which arrived at the lodge on Wednesday (15 January) for an Orientation Camp.
The following morning (Thursday) “it was realised that a boy had gone missing from the camp”, Parktown Boys’ High said in a media statement on Friday morning.
The Johannesburg school said: “Emergency procedures have been instituted by camp management and are being assisted by members of the local community and the SAPS Emergency Services.
“Police Search and Rescue are on site and are already at work in the area of the river where a water activity was held after the boy’s arrival.”
The school confirmed that Enock’s parents are at the venue and that their “thoughts and prayers are with the family during this traumatic time”.
Gauteng Education Minister Panyaza Lesufi is expected to hold a press conference at 13h00 today. In the meantime he said rescue teams suspended the search last night, but have resumed this morning.
Lesufi said on Twitter: “Jointly with the school we’ve agreed to cancel the camp. The boys will have their breakfast this morning and thereafter be taken back home. We remain hopeful.
“I met with the family of the missing child on site and they granted us permission to release his photo.
“The rescue team has resumed their search. The boys will arrive back at school around 11am. All sporting activities are suspended.”
UPDATE 2: #ParktownBoysCamp . I met with the family of the missing child on site and they granted us permission to release his photo. The rescue team has resumed their search. The boys will arrive back at school around 11am. All sporting activities are suspended. pic.twitter.com/DoRi1vxaFA
— Panyaza Lesufi (@Lesufi) January 17, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/ParktownBoys/photos/a.784069868328718/2675352045867148/?type=3&theater
A missing person’s report has been filed and anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Constable Netshiunda Assen. – SAPS Brits: 079 607 6844 / 012 252 8520