Tembisa 10: Public Protector Concludes That Gosiame Sithole Never Gave Birth to Decuplets in 57-Page Report

• The acting public protector finally concluded the investigation into the Tembisa 10 stating that there is no evidence to support that Gosiame Sithole gave birth to ten babies in 2021
• In a detailed 57-page report, it was also concluded that there is no proof that Sithole was denied access to her children after allegedly giving birth to them
• Evidence gathered by the public protector from Steve Biko hospital, clinical obstetrician and gynaecology report from Thembisa Hospital shows that Sithole was not pregnant in recent times

The acting public protector has released a statement following a thorough investigation into the Tembisa 10 matter.

The probe concluded that there was no tangible evidence to support the claims that Gosiame Sithole gave birth to ten babies at Steve Biko Hospital on 7 June 2021.

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TimesLIVE reports that the public protector also concluded that there is proof that Sithole was barred from seeing her children after giving birth and she was kept for mental observation against her will.

The publication further noted that Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka issued a detailed 57-page report after the alleged father of the decuplets nicknamed the 'Tembisa 10' filed a number of complaints.

After receiving a number of statements and affidavits, Gcaleka concluded that Sithole did not give birth to decuplets and was not admitted at Steve Biko Hospital in recent times. Part of the statement read:

"The allegation that Ms Sithole gave birth to decuplets on June 7 2021 at Steve Biko Hospital and that she was refused access to her babies is unsubstantiated.

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"Evidence at the disposal of the public protector, namely the clinical obstetrician and gynaecology report from Thembisa Hospital, indicates Ms Sithole did not give birth and was not pregnant in recent times."

The report further revealed that Sithole's medical report available at Steve Biko Hospitals shows that she was last admitted to the institution in 2014 when she was giving birth to her twins.

Measles cases on the rise in SA, NICD urges parents to vaccinate their children

In more news, Briefly News reported that the National Institute for Communicable (NICD) Diseases has urged parents to vaccinate their children after measles has made a resurgence in the country.

The NICD declared a measles outbreak in the country last week after at least 200 infections were reported. According to EWN, there have been almost 100 more infections since the outbreak was declared.

According to the NICD's Dr Kerrigan McCarthy, the outbreak has spread to five provinces with Limpopo recording the first few cases in October. Cases have been popping up in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State and the North West.

Source: Briefly News