Police are trying to track down the relatives of a woman who may be the mother of a teenager who claimed he was abducted when he was six.
"I can confirm that we have extended our investigation to other provinces. Detectives are trying to track down the family members of the alleged mother in Limpopo," said Pretoria police spokesperson Piletji Sebola.
Last month Happy Sindane, who appears to be a white 16-year-old, told Bronkhorstpruit police that he was abducted from a white family by a black woman. He was brought up by a black family in the KwaMhlanga area, north of Pretoria.
A newspaper report on Monday said a man, who fell in love with Sindane's purported mother, told police on Sunday the teenager was the son of the late Rina Mziyaya and her white lover.
Sebola confirmed the man was helping detectives trace family members of Mziyaya who may have crucial information.
Jabulani Mleya, Mziyaya's former Zimbabwean boyfriend who fathered her second child, reportedly said he met the woman while she was pregnant with Sindane.
"At the time we fell in love, she was one month pregnant and as time went on I thought I was the biological father until she gave birth in June 1984 at Tembisa hospital," he said.
"I was shocked to find out that the child was white."
Mleya said Sindane was born in June 1984 and was not 16 as determined by medical experts.
Sebola said many people were still coming forward claiming to be Sindane's parents. He would not say how many.
Blood samples have been taken from a Pretoria couple who also believe they are the parents of the teenager. Jan-Hendrik and Sarie Botha's son, Jannie, disappeared from Danville, a Pretoria suburb, in 1992.
Sindane is staying at a place of safety in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria. A children's court inquiry has been adjourned to June 17. - Sapa