22/08/2026
GIRL MISSING FOR 13 YEARS FOUND IN MOZAMBIQUE AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA APPEAL
Mutare — After 13 years of unanswered questions, pain and fading hope, a Mutare mother has finally been reunited with her daughter, who disappeared as a child and was later found in Mozambique after appealing for help on social media.
Tariro Mahumba, who went missing in 2013 at the age of five from a crèche in Sakubva’s OTS section, resurfaced this week in Madeira, Mozambique, where she reportedly revealed that she had been kidnapped from Zimbabwe and subjected to years of abuse.
The breakthrough came after the now 18-year-old posted a plea on social media asking for help to locate her family. The post quickly went viral, triggering a cross-border search that eventually led to her mother, Mrs Georgina Muchekadzose of Fairview, Mutare.
MOTHER RECEIVES LIFE-CHANGING CALL
Mrs Muchekadzose said she received a call on Tuesday night informing her that a young woman claiming to be her missing daughter had appeared online in Mozambique.
She immediately began making contact with individuals who had taken the teenager into their care. Through these communications, she learned that Tariro had allegedly managed to escape from the home where she had been held in captivity.
RETURN DELAYED BY FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
While the reunion has brought relief and joy, the process of bringing Tariro back home remains uncertain.
Mrs Muchekadzose said Mozambican authorities advised that formal procedures could take time, and that she may need to travel through Chipinge to collect her daughter in Espungabera.
However, the struggling mother says she currently does not have the financial means to make the journey.
Despite the challenges, the family says they are grateful that Tariro has been found alive after more than a decade of uncertainty, calling the development nothing short of a miracle.
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