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Fears of alleged human trafficking have gripped the School for the Deaf after two children disappeared.
The children are said to have disappeared but one of them somehow returned and the other, Nhlanganiso Dlamini (11), has not.
Trouble started when two of the children vanished from the school leaving the administration in panic.
Dlamini bypassed tight security at the school, which has been intensified after a similar occurrence last year.
He is said to have disappeared on Tuesday, causing the school to report the matter to the police who promptly issued a statement.
Last year, about four pupils also vanished from the same school and they went as far as the Lavumisa border.
Their mission, when finally found by the police, was that they wanted to watch the FIFA World Cup live in South Africa.
The children were then returned to the school, after which police educated them on human trafficking.
It turned out that Dlamini had run away from the school to return home, as he was new to the school.
A search by local police proved futile as it turned out Dlamini had already left town for Manzini.
He was discovered in Lobamba on Friday and the police there contacted the school.
Superintendent Wendy Hleta, the Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the missing boy had been found in Loba- mba.
"The report is that he was on his way to his parental home but got on the wrong bus," said Hleta. The School Principal, Simangele Magagula, also confirmed that Dlamini had returned and further noted it was not the first time children from her school had disappeared.
"He is new at the school and he may have wanted to return home," said Magagula.
School for the Deaf described as juvenile prison
SITEKI - The School for the Deaf is now being described as similar to a juvenile prison and referred to as Emdutshane by some residents.
This is because security has now been tightened following the disappearance of several children.
Since last year, there have been cases of children leaving the school, only to be discovered in other towns.
Just before the World Cup in South Africa last year, four children on their way to try and watch it live were picked up by the police.
A recent disappearance occurred last week, when one of the pupils went missing only to be found in Lobamba.
"We now have 24-hour security because the pupils keep running away from the school," said the school’s principal, Simangele Magagula.
Magagula confirmed that the children cannot just leave anymore and that visitors are not easily allowed in.
The security guard also did not want to allow this reporter in, saying the school administration had given strict instructions about visitors.
This level of security is prompting some residents to refer to the school as a ‘prison’.
Like a prison, razor wire fencing surrounds the school and the pupils are not allowed out until their term finishes. The principal, however, complained that the school does not have money to pay a 24-hour guard, although it was now imperative to have one.
Fears of alleged human trafficking have gripped the School for the Deaf after two children disappeared.
The children are said to have disappeared but one of them somehow returned and the other, Nhlanganiso Dlamini (11), has not.
Trouble started when two of the children vanished from the school leaving the administration in panic.
Dlamini bypassed tight security at the school, which has been intensified after a similar occurrence last year.
He is said to have disappeared on Tuesday, causing the school to report the matter to the police who promptly issued a statement.
Last year, about four pupils also vanished from the same school and they went as far as the Lavumisa border.
Their mission, when finally found by the police, was that they wanted to watch the FIFA World Cup live in South Africa.
The children were then returned to the school, after which police educated them on human trafficking.
It turned out that Dlamini had run away from the school to return home, as he was new to the school.
A search by local police proved futile as it turned out Dlamini had already left town for Manzini.
He was discovered in Lobamba on Friday and the police there contacted the school.
Superintendent Wendy Hleta, the Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the missing boy had been found in Loba- mba.
"The report is that he was on his way to his parental home but got on the wrong bus," said Hleta. The School Principal, Simangele Magagula, also confirmed that Dlamini had returned and further noted it was not the first time children from her school had disappeared.
"He is new at the school and he may have wanted to return home," said Magagula.
School for the Deaf described as juvenile prison
SITEKI - The School for the Deaf is now being described as similar to a juvenile prison and referred to as Emdutshane by some residents.
This is because security has now been tightened following the disappearance of several children.
Since last year, there have been cases of children leaving the school, only to be discovered in other towns.
Just before the World Cup in South Africa last year, four children on their way to try and watch it live were picked up by the police.
A recent disappearance occurred last week, when one of the pupils went missing only to be found in Lobamba.
"We now have 24-hour security because the pupils keep running away from the school," said the school’s principal, Simangele Magagula.
Magagula confirmed that the children cannot just leave anymore and that visitors are not easily allowed in.
The security guard also did not want to allow this reporter in, saying the school administration had given strict instructions about visitors.
This level of security is prompting some residents to refer to the school as a ‘prison’.
Like a prison, razor wire fencing surrounds the school and the pupils are not allowed out until their term finishes. The principal, however, complained that the school does not have money to pay a 24-hour guard, although it was now imperative to have one.