By Wednesday this week, Mrs Maryanne Meintjies was still frantically searching for her husband, Peter, who disappeared last week.

The 54-year-old Mr Meintjies went missing on Monday, September 4, after leaving is home in Nooitgedagt (Muldersdrift) to pick up workers in Randburg.

On the same day, the limited amount which can be withdrawn on his bank card was drawn and later the day a further full limit on his second bank card was withdrawn in Makhado (Louis Trichardt).

Following up on the Louis Trichardt withdrawal, Mrs Meintjies travelled to the town last week to find out what had happened to her husband. On Friday morning, the white Toyota Tazz Mr Meintjies was travelling in was found inside the Kruger National Park on a no-entry road near the Pafuri gate, about 300m from the Zimbabwean border. The vehicle, with a quarter tank of petrol, was found unlocked and with the keys in the ignition.

“My husband apparently entered through the Punda Maria Gate on the day he went missing at about 14:00. The girl at the gate could identify him. He was apparently travelling alone. He then booked himself in at the Punda Maria Camp. From there we don’t know what happened,” Mrs Meintjies told the Zoutpansberger during an interview.

Mrs Meintjies told of a lone set of footprints that was found leading away from the vehicle were it was found near the Limpopo River. The shoe size she says, however, does not match that of her husband’s. The footprints continue for about five kilometres up the Limpopo River to a point were it suddenly crosses. The Meintjies-family is originally from Zimbabwe.

“The South African Police, in conjunction with the Zimbabwean authorities, are at present still tracking the spoor on the Zimbabwean side,” Mrs Meintjies said on Wednesday afternoon. She said they had no new information on her husband’s whereabouts.

Anybody who can help explain the mysterious disappearance of Mr Meintjies or who might have seen him, is asked to phone Mrs Meintjies at Tel 082 467 3680 or her daughter, Natalie, at 084 389 0392.