{"id":91290,"date":"2023-08-12T22:41:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T22:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/12\/university-student-is-still-missing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T22:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T22:41:57","slug":"university-student-is-still-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/12\/university-student-is-still-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"University student is still missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Walter Sisulu University student Bulelani Sokupa is still missing. <\/p>\n<p>Sokupa\u2019s friends said he was last seen in a local pub on July 27.<\/p>\n<p> The family has not lost hope and is praying for his safe return.<\/p>\n<p> The fourth-year small business management student was wearing a black Relay T-shirt, navy jeans and flip-flops.<\/p>\n<p> Sokupa, a member of the Pan Africanist Student Movement Of Azania (Pasma), was born in Qumbu, but his family lives in Mthatha.<\/p>\n<p> Songezo Bala, Sokupa\u2019s younger brother, said they first learnt of his disappearance when fellow students called to express their concern.<\/p>\n<p> Bala and the rest of the family came to town on August 3.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe first went to where he stays and to the places he liked to go to,  the beach and outdoor parks, without any luck.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe\u2019ve had people telling us they\u2019ve seen him, but when we get to the place unfortunately he\u2019s not there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Bala said his brother\u2019s disappearance had come as a shock.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt is so unlike him to just disappear. The family is hurting, but because of the support we have been getting, we are hopeful that we will eventually find him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> He described his brother as an outspoken individual dedicated to his studies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/899f3dc906194afe89d8d782cc90a354\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Mandlenkosi Manjiya, a friend of Sokupa\u2019s, said they had been searching for him tirelessly.<\/p>\n<p> \u2019We last saw him at a local pub, where he was with some friends. They left him that night but he never returned home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> After several days had passed with no sign of Sokupa, they began to worry and started searching for him.<\/p>\n<p> Their first port of call was the pub.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cFrom the CCTV footage, we saw him leaving the club. And then we could not see anything after that. We started searching and decided to open a missing person case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.dispatchlive.co.za\/news\/2023-08-11-search-continues-for-missing-wsu-student\/<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: SheSays (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Sisulu University student Bulelani Sokupa is still missing. Sokupa\u2019s friends said he was last seen in a local pub on July 27. The family has not lost hope and is praying for his safe return. The fourth-year small business management student was wearing a black Relay T-shirt, navy jeans and flip-flops. 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