Siwaphiwe mbambo
Durban baby kidnapping case postponed for further investigation
Sibongile Mbambo and Phumlani Mbokazi were implicated in the crime after police found the baby Siwaphiwe near the Mariannhill Toll Plaza.
The case has been postponed to next month for further investigations and the accused's bail of R1,000 each has been extended.
Sibongile Mbambo & her alleged accomplice appeared in court, where they were both released on R1,000 bail each. The case was adjourned to May.
Acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane says the apparent kidnapping of a month old baby amounted to an abuse of state resources.
Siwaphiwe Mbambo was snatched from her mother during a hijacking on Friday allegedly by two armed men.
The infant was snatched from her mother on Friday afternoon during a hijacking.
There were conflicting reports earlier when a newborn baby was found abandoned under a tree in Durban earlier on Saturday.
KwaZulu-Natal police say more than 100 officials and security personnel have been deployed across Durban to search for Siwaphiwe Mbambo.
Despite the frantic all-night search by Durban residents and police, which spared no street or cemeteries, Siwaphiwe Mbambo is yet to be found.