Karabo tau
Khayelitsha community still hopeful of finding abducted baby Kwahlelwa Tiwane
Little Kwahlelwa Tiwane was snatched in Parow on 16 January, allegedly by a woman posing as a social worker.
Karabo Tau (18) is accused of snatching two-month-old Kwahlelwa Tiwane in Parow last month while posing as a social worker to gain the trust of the child's mother.
Karabo Tau was arrested shortly after 2-month-old Kwahlelwa Tiwane was snatched in Parow on 16 January by a woman posing as a social worker.
Karabo Tau, aged 18, was arrested shortly after two-month-old Kwahlelwa Tiwane was abducted in Parow on 16 January.
Ely Kibunda appeared briefly in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Wednesday where the State informed him it had decided to withdraw a charge of kidnapping against him pending further investigation.
Kwahlelwa Tiwane was abducted in Parow nearly a month ago and Karabo Tau was arrested soon after the baby boy disappeared.
Karabo Tau (18) allegedly posed as a social worker in Khayelitsha to earn the trust of the mother before she took two-month-old Kwahlelo Tiwane in Parow three weeks ago.
Two-month-old Kwahlelwa Tiwane, who has a twin brother, has been missing for almost three weeks.
Karabo Tau’s (18) bail application was meant to resume in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Tuesday afternoon.
It’s alleged 18-year-old Karabo Tau posed as a social worker to deceive the infant’s mother into trusting her with the child.
Asanda Tiwane, aged 29, has told the Bellville Magistrates Court that Karabo Tau abducted her baby boy earlier this month.
Karabo Tau allegedly abducted two-month-old Kwahlelo Tiwane in Parow earlier this month.
Eighteen-year-old Karabo Tau was charged with kidnapping Kwahlelwa Tiwane earlier this month in Parow.