Anovuyo Oncke has been missing since September 6.
"If it was another child, all resources would have been deployed, but we are just poor," residents of Riemvasmaak informal settlement said regarding the police's case handling regarding a missing child.
Residents from Phumlani Village in Lotus River, Cape Town, said the South African Police Service (SAPS) dropped the ball in their investigation of missing eight-year-old Anovuyo Oncke.
The Grade 1 learner from Perivale Primary School was last seen on Saturday, September 6, 2025, after leaving the house at about 7am.
She was last seen wearing black pants and a pink pajama top.
