Mother accused of selling son seeks bail

JOHANNESBURG - A mother accused of selling her son is returning to court for final arguments in her bail application.

Keneilwe Shalaba allegedly pocketed R75,000 when her two-year-old son vanished.

She claimed the child had been kidnapped, but it later emerged she might have sold him.

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In her bail application it emerged she also tried to extort a ransom of R40,000 from the father.

Shalaba is facing charges under the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act.

The 32-year-old is currently pregnant with twins.

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