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BRING OUR BABY BACK!

A KNOT formed in her stomach as she looked around the post office. She told herself everything was okay – surely the polite social worker who had her baby must be here somewhere.

Asanda Tiwani had her three-month-old son, Akahlulwa, in one arm, and her two-year-old boy, Ayabonga, clutched at her free hand as they went in search of Akahlulwa’s twin brother, Kwahlelwa.

Outside, Voortrekker Road in Parow, Cape Town, was a hive of activity, filled with cars, taxis and people. Asanda (29) looked up and down the street before hurrying back towards the bustling taxi rank. Perhaps she’d misunderstood what the young woman had said, and they were supposed to

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