Tension mounted in South Africa yesterday, over Durban Policemen’s search for a baby girl who was abducted in a vehicle after an apparent car-jacking.

According to Ceoafrica, the mother was with her one-month-old baby and an eight-year old when she was approached by two suspects.

Police officials said that the individuals hijacked her car and drove off with the baby still inside,

Although, the car, a white Toyota Yaris, has since been found, but the baby is still missing, whichever way Police spokesman Thulani Zwane said that a search operation, involving officers and a dog unit, would continue until the girl was found.

"Our priority is to find this baby", Mr Zwane said.

Police recovered the abandoned vehicle in Montclair, southern Durban, at about 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Friday, and a South African Marshall Security spokesman, Kyle van Reenen, said that the infant';s baby seat had been removed from the car.

The news has rocked South Africa, with residents taking to the social media site Twitter to urge anyone with information to come forward.

As a result of interest in the incident, the hashtag #HelpFindDurbanBaby was trending throughout the afternoon.