A FAMILY needs help to find their missing loved one, gogo Nobuyisile Ngcukana.
The 73-year-old was last seen at the Vosloorus Assemblies of God church in Ekurhuleni on 7 April.
According to her cousin Nonyameko Mduli (60) from Katlehong South in Ekurhuleni, Nobuyisile went missing on the church premises.
She said she last saw her when was she left her with kids to go and queue for food for them as it was lunch time.
Nonyameko said she started looking for her and even announced to the church that her cousin had gone missing and was nowhere to be found.
"We looked for her everywhere. We even informed our family back in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, and she was not there as well," she said.
She said her cousin forgets easily, which may be why she had still not returned home.
"This is hurting. We are in great pain," she said.
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Nonyameko said she was struggling to cope, sleep and eat.
"We are praying every day, hoping she comes back home safely. We are also fasting for her comeback," she said.
Nonyameko said when her cousin went missing, she was wearing a round neck grey T-shirt, a skirt with a pick line at the bottom, a black doek with polka dots and black shoes.
She said that it was the first time she had gone missing. She appealed to anyone with information to come forward.
The church's Pastor Joseph Mathebula said what happened was very sad.
"We are affected as a church. We are praying as a church for her to come back," he said.
Mathebula said they are helping the family through counselling and prayers.
Gauteng police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo said: "A case of a missing person was opened at Vosloorus Police Station and cops are still on the lookout."
