Dirco working to find missing SA teachers

Dirco working to find missing SA teachers

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) says it's helping the families of two South African teachers who went missing in Vietnam.

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Mushfiq Daniels has been reported missing in Vietnam PIc: Facebook

Twenty-eight-year-old Mushfiq Daniels, from Cape Town, was last seen earlier this month in Ho Chi Minh City.

 

The family of 23-year-old John Bothma from Kempton Park is also still waiting for news since his disappearance in May.

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Dirco spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele says the department is in touch with the embassy in Hanoi.

 

"We are aware of the cases of two missing teachers in Vietnam. We are working with the families in terms of making sure they are located and so we are providing services as the department to make sure they are found and brought back to South Africa."

 

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