News24 | Hungry, dehydrated 61-year-old man found in Western Cape mountains after eight-day search

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Police rescued a man in the mountains of Prince Alfred Hamlet in the Western Cape, eight days after he was reported missing. (Supplied/SAPS)

Police rescued a man in the mountains of Prince Alfred Hamlet in the Western Cape, eight days after he was reported missing. (Supplied/SAPS)

Police have found a man in the mountains of Prince Alfred Hamlet in the Western Cape, eight days after he was reported missing.

The 61-year-old man was recovered following an extensive search which lasted just over a week, said police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk.

Patrick Xhibu was reported missing by his wife at the Prince Alfred Hamlet police station on Sunday, 12 May.

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