Young people involved prostitution and drugs on the rise in WC

DELFT, CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Missing Persons Unit is concerned about the number of young children who prostitute themselves for drugs on the streets.

It is pleading with the provincial Social Development Department to intervene. 

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This comes as the search for 15-year-old Beyonce Hapaguti of Delft, Cape Town, continues. She was reported missing last month.

Hapaguti and her pals were last seen after school on August 30th, but one of her friends, Marion Fredericks,  has since returned home after two weeks on the streets.

eNCA’s Nobesuthu Hejana filed this report.