Mum lends baby to neighbour, now they are both missing

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25-year-old Abongile Nojahi, a South African who lent out her baby to her 17-year-old neighbour has said she hasbeen having sleepless night after her baby and neighbour went missing according Timeslive.co.za reports.

“This is so hard. I don’t sleep at night because I just lie awake and worry about where he is‚” Nojahi said.

Nojahi said her son has been missing for five days after she lent him to her neighbour Zanele Mchunu on Saturday

“She came to my house and asked if she could ‘borrow ‘my baby and I said that was fine. She said she would come back. I gave her my baby and by the time Sunday came‚ she hadn’t returned.” she narrated


To Nohaji, the request wasn't a strange one because that wasn’t the first time she was going to be leaving her child with her neighbor.

“She often looks after him‚ so it was normal to me. I have known her for a year and she is my neighbor.

She also noted that Mchunu’s phone rings without being answered.

Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala made an appeal for information requesting that anyone with information of their whereabouts contact Warrant Officer SV Mhlongo on 031 508 2330 or 073 254 2512 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.