{"id":54678,"date":"2022-04-12T17:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/nog-n-baba-in-n-sloot-20220406-2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:32:11","slug":"nog-n-baba-in-n-sloot-20220406-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/nog-n-baba-in-n-sloot-20220406-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nog \u2019n baba in \u2019n sloot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nog \u2019n baba is Dinsdag (5 April) in \u2019n sloot in die dorp gevind. Dit is die derde geval in sowat 30 dae waar \u2019n baba gekry is en die tweede keer dat dieselfde span skoonmakers di\u00e9 gruvonds doen. <\/p>\n<p>\n <i>Standard<\/i> het op 3 Maart (<b>\u201cBaby gets second chance at life\u2019\u2019<\/b>) en 17 Maart (<b>\u201cBaby found covered in blood\u201d<\/b>) berig oor babas wat onderskeidelik in Paglande en Lubisi, De Doorns, tussen vullis gevind is.<\/p>\n<p>Hierdie keer is \u2019n baba \u2019n paar meter weg van die hoek van Baring- en Durbanstraat in die rigting na die begraafplaas gevind. Die werkers wat op die baba afgekom het, was duidelik geskok toe <i>Standard <\/i>op die toneel aankom. <\/p>\n<p>Die werker wat op die baba afgekom het, het gevra om nie sy naam te laat noem nie. Hy het omstreeks 10:50 op die lykie afgekom toe hy die sloot skoongemaak het. Hy het vullis en sand met \u2019n graaf uit die sloot geskraap. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToe ek die sand uitskraap, het ek \u2019n sak saam uitgetrek. Ek wou die sak in die swart sak sit, maar iets het vir my ges\u00ea ek moet kyk wat in die sak is. Ek het die sak oopgemaak en die baba gesien. Ek het onmiddellik een van die ander mense geroep, wat toe die toesighouer ontbied het.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hy s\u00ea hy wou nie nog verder kyk nie en het net die kind se kop gesien. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDie ander het vir my ges\u00ea die kind is aangetrek en iets was om die baba se nek gebind,\u201d s\u00ea hy. Volgens Esegi\u00ebl Samuels, eienaar van EGS Maintenance, is dit die tweede keer dat sy skoonmaakspan op \u2019n baba afkom. Hy s\u00ea sy werkers is erg getraumatiseer, veral die werker wat op die baba afgekom het. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEen van ons werkers het verlede keer \u2013 so maand gelede \u2013 die baba in \u2019n vullisdrom in Paglande gekry. Vandag het ons weer \u2019n baba gekry \u2013 di\u00e9 keer in die sloot, onder die slootbruggie waar die werkers skoonmaak,\u201d s\u00ea Samuels.<\/p>\n<p>Serine Lintnaar, toesighouer van die groep werkers, s\u00ea dit is hartseer, want die ma kon die baba by die hospitaal afgegee het. Sy s\u00ea hulle kry gereeld snaakse goed soos dierevelle, maar beklemtoon dat die probleem waar babas weggegooi word, moet end kry.<\/p>\n<p>Samuels voeg ook by owerhede moet ernstig soek na \u2019n oplossing sodat ma\u2019s wat nie hul babas wil h\u00ea nie, die pasgebore kinders by \u2019n veilige plek kan afgee.<\/p>\n<p>Mediese personeel op die toneel het bevestig dat die baba dood gekry is. Die polisie ondersoek die saak. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nog \u2019n baba is Dinsdag (5 April) in \u2019n sloot in die dorp gevind. 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