Pleas to help find Durban's one-month-old baby Siwaphiwe

The frantic search for missing one-month-old Siwaphiwe - who was taken in an apparent hijacking - is set to continue on Saturday morning.

The little girl's mom‚ Sibongile Mbambo‚ was in her car with Siwaphiwe and her 8-year-old son when two armed men approached the vehicle shortly before noon on Friday.

• Baby may have been the target in hijacking‚ says officialDetectives are investigating the possibility that a missing baby was the intended target of a hijacking in Durban on Friday.

Mbambo and her son were forced out of the white Toyota Yaris‚ but the men fled with the baby still in the car seat. The vehicle was later found abandoned with Siwaphiwe‚ her car seat‚ her pram and her baby bag all missing.

• Hijacked car tracked down‚ but no sign of missing babyThe search for a baby taken during a hijacking in Durban is ongoing after police and security officials found the stolen car on Friday afternoon.

Officials involved in the search said one theory being investigated was that the baby was the intended target‚ and not the vehicle.

• Frantic search for baby taken in hijackingDurban police have embarked on a frantic search for a baby who was taken when a car was hijacked on Friday morning.

Kyle van Reenen‚ of Marshall Security‚ said that residents of the Mayville area where the car was dumped joined in the search efforts - they reportedly used torches and headlamps to move through bushes and even cemeteries to find the little girl.

"There were about 150 people‚ I would estimate‚ along with members of the police Search and Rescue Unit‚" he said. More people were expected to join the search on Saturday morning. This is a developing story.

- TMG Digital/TimesLive