A Gauteng mother is shocked and in disbelief after learning that her daughter, who was supposed to start grade R on Wednesday, is allegedly in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC after the father took her there without her consent or knowledge.
Yowa Wamuhle Mkhaliphi, 5, does not have a passport, and her birth certificate is held by her mother, Noluthando Mkhaliphi, who has been battling to understand how the child was able to leave the country without documentation.
Mkhaliphi of Ivory Park said Yowa went to her Congolese father, Yannick Lukusa Ilunga, in Randburg on December 17 for the holidays.
