A nine months old baby has been missing for five days in South Africa after mother borrowed him to neighbour.

Abongile Nojahi, the unemployed mother claims she had let her 17-year-old neighbour, Zanele Mchunu “borrow” her son on Saturday and since then she hasn’t set her eyes on her child nor the neighbour whose phone has been out of reach.

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

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Narrating the sad occurrence to Times Live, the distraught mother said: ‘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 had never come back‚” she said.

Abongile said she felt comfortable leaving her child with her friend‚ and did not find the request strange or had any reason to suspect that she would make such move.

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

Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala made an appeal for information on Wednesday.

Gwala requested 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.