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Alleged baby killer to stay in custody

The man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s 7-month-old baby made a brief appearance in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Zukile Nakupi was arrested on Thursday. He allegedly flung Inganathi Mnandi against the ceiling, walls and prepaid electricity meter of her mother’s Philippi home last Monday. The couple allegedly started[…]

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Baby dies from tear gas inhalation near Bethlehem

An eight-month-old Palestinian baby died Friday from tear gas inhalation in Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem during clashes in the area, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. The ministry said in a statement that Ramadan Mohammad Faisal Thawabta died after inhaling tear gas when clashes erupted nearby between Palestinians[…]

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Woman caught trying to sell baby on Gumtree

A 20-year-old woman has been arrested for trying to sell her baby for R5 000 on Gumtree, the Hawks said on Thursday. She was arrested in Pietermaritzburg after an undercover agent arranged to buy the 19-month-old baby from her, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said. The child was handed to a social[…]

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Alleged baby snatcher back in court

The woman who allegedly kidnapped a newborn baby girl from her hospital crib at Groote Schuur Hospital 18 years ago is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of kidnapping and fraud. During the last court appearance, the matter was postponed for an indictment.[…]

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Employer saves domestic worker’s breech baby

Domestic worker Colleen Arends never thought she’d end up giving birth to her baby girl on the floor of her employer’s Sunningdale home. The 36-year-old Kraaifontein resident had visited the bathroom a few times on Monday morning before she spotted blood. “I was not expecting to go into labour. I[…]

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Dead newborn found in shopping bag

Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy after its tiny body was found in a plastic bag in Heideveld, in Cape Town. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Ian Bennett said pedestrians came across the dead infant on Saturday afternoon next to the Heideveld High School fence on Duinefontein[…]

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Baby’s body found behind post office

The body of an abandoned baby boy was found behind a post office in Retreat, Western Cape police said on Tuesday. A man walked into the Steenberg police station on Monday morning to report that a child had been abandoned in 7th Avenue, according to police spokesperson Captain FC van[…]

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Baby found dumped next to school field

A baby is being kept in hospital for mandatory observation after she was found dumped next to a school field in Cape Town on Tuesday. The infant, estimated to be between two and four-months-old, was found by a passer-by lying on a blanket on a trail used as a shortcut[…]

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