Missing dad found safe

A Gqeberha man who went missing in Cape Town on Saturday has been found safe, his family said.

Beres Bosman, 63, had last been seen by his family after he left his son’s home near Wetton Circle in the city’s southern suburbs at 9pm.

A relative said the family had not been able to make contact with him since then.

But in a late development on Sunday night, it had been reported that he had been found safe, though details remained sketchy.

Earlier, a relative had said that the security [guard] at the complex had confirmed a man had left at 9pm and walked towards the direction of Jan Smuts Street.

Bosman, who had previously worked in The Herald’s circulation department, flew to Cape Town with his wife on Friday.

The family had been searching for him since Saturday.

When they called his phone on Sunday, a man answered and claimed he was from Khayelitsha.

“We are worried because the direction he walked towards has a construction site and is unsafe.

“So I went to report him [missing to the police] that same night.

“We tried to call him the whole night, but the phone was off."

According to the family, when Bosman left, he was wearing a blue puffer jacket, a Liverpool FC hoodie, a black T-shirt, blue shorts and back Adidas sneakers.

He had his wallet, phone and sunglasses with him.

Police spokesperson Colonel Malcolm Pojie said he wad been reported missing, and the Lansdowne police station had registered a missing person case.

Pojie said he had gone on foot in the direction of Hanover Park, an area he was not familiar with.

The Herald

* This report has been updated