by SABC News Reporter, Nonkululeko Hlope - KwaZulu-Natal Police says they are still waiting for DNA results to confirm if the body that was found at the Nsuze area north of Durban earlier this week, belongs to17-year-old Mmeli Ngcobo. It is believed that Ngcobo went missing in February and was last seen getting into a car outside his school. Earlier today, a woman believed to Ngcobo's mother, burnt tyres outside Durban's UNISA campus disrupting traffic, over her alleged unhappiness with how the investigation is progressing. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Thembeka Mbhele says police have updated the Ngcobo family and taken their DNA samples to be tested against the body that was found. She says police will only release the body once DNA results have confirmed it belongs to the missing child. A 20-year-old suspect has appeared in court for kidnapping and has been released on bail.

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