New details emerge on SA boys repatriated from Brazil....

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

New details have emerged about the case involving two South African boys who were repatriated from Brazil, after their mother was arrested for drug trafficking.

The department of social development says it found that the woman has five children in total - the two that were repatriated to South Africa on Thursday - another two who were born in Brazil, and there's a fifth child whose whereabouts is unknown.

Department spokesperson, Lumka Oliphant says the two Brazilian-born children came to South Africa with their mother in September last year, and are presently living in the country with the mother's family.

Oliphant confirmed that these two children do not have South African citizenship.

She said the two boys had different fathers, and neither of them were South African.

Oliphant said the mother chose to have the two children stay with foster parents that she had selected for them from KwaZulu-Natal.

However, the boys were put in a place of safety after the selected foster parents declined to take them.