How to Trace a Person in South Africa

Life involves meeting and moving away from the people you meet. However, at some point in life, you may want to re-connect with old school friends, workmates, former teachers, and neighborhood friends you may have met before.

Social media has connected millions of people and it can be viewed as an important tool that can be used for tracing people. However, this is not completely true because of the privacy issues in most social media platforms that has made it a less effective tool in this regard.

Also, there is less disclosure of important information on social media platforms that can be used in tracing a person.

Tracing a person in South Africa by oneself is a daunting task. It is hard and challenging due to personal security laws and regulations in South Africa. These laws include data protection laws and the protection of personal information.

However, tracing a person can be done with the help of tracing firms in South Africa. Examples of those firms include;

1.) Intertel Tracing Firm

Intertel tracing firm is based in Durban and specializes in tracing people that have not been found by other tracing companies. This firm conducts tracing of missing persons, runaways, debtors, defaulters, absconders, bilkers, witnesses, and wanted persons.

Due to many tracing requests per week that the firm receives, it has levels of priority. Clients are allowed to choose the tracing priority. The higher the priority the higher the charges.

What is the geographical extent of tracing of a person by this firm?

The tracing of a person by this firm is limited to a few countries due to reasons such as political instability, laws and regulations of other countries that make tracing in those countries difficult. However, this firm can trace a person in countries such as South Africa, North America (Canada and USA), Central and South America (Mexico and Peru), South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia, Nigeria, and Malawi.

2.) JST Management Tracing Agents

JST tracing agents is a professional tracing agency that offer tracing services to companies and private individuals. Among its tracing services include; debtor tracing, beneficiary tracing, and missing person tracing.

The agency is based in Johannesburg and is recognized and accredited and it offers services at affordable prices.

Requirements for a successful tracing of a person in South Africa

To ensure a successful tracing process, it is important to have some details concerning the person you are looking for in South Africa. The following information about a person is usually important in the tracing process

• Full name of the person being traced.
• National identification number
• Passport number
• Mobile number information
• Place of employment
• Marital status or spouse details
• Current and previous work address
• Place of employment
• Current email address
• Business ownership details