Hero cop who helped woman give birth at police station gate loses own child
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Johannesburg - One of the Mpumalanga police officers who was lauded as a hero after helping a Congolee woman give birth at the stationâs gate two weeks ago has lost her own child.
Sergeant Itumeleng Motalaneâs first-born child died in Ermelo Hospital on Tuesday.
Spokesperson for the Mpumalanga Police Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said he had been admitted following âcomplicationsâ.
The deceased, Hlathi said, was Motalaneâs eldest of four children.
The SAPS family in Mpumalanga, led by the Acting Provincial Commissioner Major General Thulani Phahla, extended their condolences to Motalane and her family for the loss, Hlathi said.
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