A mother’s heartbreak – Ovitoto mother urges public assistance in finding missing son
Frieda Kaogu, a mother from Ovitoto, is pleading for public help to find her son, Siegfried Muyanga, who has been missing since April 2026. Despite police involvement, the investigation has stalled, leaving the family without answers.
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The story highlights the struggles of families in rural areas seeking justice and closure in cases of missing persons.
IN the quiet rural settlement of Ovitoto, some 30 kilometres east of Okahandja, Frieda Kaogu (66) sits on a bed and proudly shows off bags which had been handmade by her son, who has gone missing under mysterious circumstances.
Asked what she would like to say to her son if he might be out there, Kaogu breaks down in tears and says that she would be very glad to hear that he is alive.
Kaogu had lost two children. One of her children, a toddler, drowned after being pushed into a dam, and now her elder son, Siegfried Muyanga, whom she described as the breadwinner in the home, went missing on 8 April 2026. Despite the matter being reported to police, the search has yielded little results.
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