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It was reported on Tuesday that a South African woman, 37, gave birth to ten babies in one go on Monday, June 7, 2021. [Courtesy]
The South African Government now says it has been unable to get proof that a 37-year-old citizen gave birth to ten babies recently,
News 24 reports.
On Tuesday, June 8 several media outlets across the world, quoting South African news outlet
IOL, reported that Gosiame Thamara Sithole, a resident of Tembisa East in Johannesburg, gave birth to seven sons and three daughters via caesarean section at a hospital in Pretoria.
IOL quoted Sithole’s husband, Teboho Tsotetsi, saying his wife had previously given birth to twins, now aged six.
A woman from South Africa has reportedly given birth to 10 babies at once, breaking the Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima Cisse - who gave birth to nine children in Morocco last month.
South African woman claims to have made world record by giving birth to 10 babies - Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, initially thought she was going to have eight babies, according to the New York Post. But she gave birth to 10 babies.
Woman gives birth to 10 babies
Gosiame Thamara Sithole who gave birth to 10 children and her husband Tebogo Tsotetsi, from Tembisa Township in Ekurhuleni
Pretoria. – A Gauteng woman has given birth to 10 babies, breaking the Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima Cissé who gave birth to nine children in Morocco last month.
Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, gave birth to her decuplets – two more than doctors had earlier detected during the medical scans – at a hospital in Pretoria on Monday night, said her husband Teboho Tsotetsi.
He said Sithole, who hails from Tembisa Township in Ekurhuleni, delivered her seven boys and three girls by Caesarean section.