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South Africa to check mental status of woman behind 10-baby saga
Thursday July 01 2021
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Editor ePiet Rampedi, who built a reputation as an investigative journalist over the years, continues to give interviews on local radio stations defending his report that claimed Gosiame Sithole gave birth to 10 babies at a Pretoria Hospital on June 7.
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South African authorities say they are assessing the mental health of the woman who claimed she gave birth to 10 babies, a story that officials now say was a tall tale.
This emerged Tuesday even as the editor of Independent Media, the publication that broke the story, insisted the article published earlier this month was factual.
Fresh details of the government's wild goose chase to track down the elusive Tembisa decuplets have emerged - and it turns out the "mother" is not 37 years old as reported, but 48.
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News that South African woman gave birth to 10 babies is fake
Published On 26 June,2021 12:09 pm
She is now being held under mental health act for observation and will be provided with support.
(Web Desk) - A claim that South African woman Gosiame Sithole gave birth to 10 babies earlier this month is not true, an official inquiry has found as reported by BBC.
No hospitals in Gauteng province have a record of decuplets being born, the provincial government says. Medical tests show that Ms Sithole had not even been pregnant recently, it said.
The 37-year-old is now being held under the mental health act for observation and will be provided with support. The statement did not elaborate on the reasons behind the fabrication of the story.