A mother left a one month old baby boy in a car with a stranger who gave her a lift from the clinic, while she went inside a mall.
Now the baby is missing together with the driver of the VW Polo who only introduced herself by a clan name “Mambathane”.
The 34-year-old mother of the baby Nomfusi Nkumbi said the woman said she was from Peddie and worked for the South African Social Services Agency’s (SASSA) East London office.
The suspect disappeared with the baby from the parking lot of Amalinda Shoprite mall after sending Nkumbi to purchase glycerine for her child's sore lips.
Shopper Nomfusi Nwele said her five year-old daughter Ninomtha may have witnessed the abduction in progress.
“She yelled mama why is she putting the baby in the boot but I looked around quickly and saw nothing. We had just pulled over at the parking to rush inside the store.”
“A few minutes later there was a commotion about a stolen child, I am heartbroken” said Nwele.
Nkumbi said the “caring” woman was wearing a white top and white skirt with brown stripes and had a natural hair.
The police are still at the scene of the incident which took place at 14.55. More on this story in the Saturday edition of the Dispatch...