{"id":42559,"date":"2024-08-01T06:05:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/greusome-discovery-cleaners-find-newborn-baby-in-a-drain-in-ktc-20240801\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:44:08","slug":"greusome-discovery-cleaners-find-newborn-baby-in-a-drain-in-ktc-20240801","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/greusome-discovery-cleaners-find-newborn-baby-in-a-drain-in-ktc-20240801\/","title":{"rendered":"Greusome discovery: Cleaners find newborn baby in a drain in KTC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fully developed newborn baby was found dumped in a drain in Moonlight Village, KTC, on Thursday July 25, sparking outrage and calls for action from the community and local leaders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ward 38 councillor Suzanne Zumana described the incident as gruesome and urged the community to assist law enforcement in tracking down the mother, noting that similar incidents have occurred in the area before.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An inquest docket has been opened, and Gugulethu police are investigating the inciden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>AKTC councillor is appealing to law enforcement officials to do everything possible to ensure the arrest and prosecution of a woman who dumped her newborn in a drain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fully developed foetus was discovered by local workers on Thursday 25 July in a drain in Moonlight Village at Nondzila Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward 38 councillor Suzanne Zumana said the community is still perplexed by how the body ended up in the drain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She described the incident as gruesome and urged the community to assist the officers in tracking the culprit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not the first time such an incident occurred in this ward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTwo similar incidents occurred last year at NY5 in Gugulethu and Memani Street in KTC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has become a norm for females to give birth to their children and dump them,\u201d she said, adding that she does not recall the exact months for the previous incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing how the body looked like, Zumana said it was fully developed. \u201cIt looked as if the mother had given birth and after that dumped the child because the baby had hair,\u201d said Zumana, adding she did not know the gender because the baby was facing down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the body looked in perfect condition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial police spokesperson W\/O Joseph Swartbooi confirmed the incident. 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