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Watch VideoWATCH: Baby Trade Episode 7 - Fertile Ground, mystery Doctor revealed

Gosiame Sithole Names the Doctors whom she says, delivered the Tembisa 10.

News South Africa
Independent Media|Published

Watch VideoDoctor who delivered ’Tembisa 10’ revealed as Kazeem Okanlomo

Gosiame Sithole Sithole, 49, made global headlines in June last year when the Pretoria News broke the story of her pregnancy.

Pretoria News News
Independent Media Investigations Unit|Published

Watch VideoWATCH: Are You Mad? Independent Media releases Episode 6 of Baby Trade

YOUR worst nightmare come true. What if everyone declared you mad and locked you away, yet you were as sane as the next person? How would you prove you were not delusional or deranged? This is the situation that faced Tembisa 10 mother, Maria Sithole (aka Gosiame) in June 2021, post the alleged birth of her decuplets at Steve Biko Academic Hospital.

News South Africa Gauteng
Independent Media|Published

Watch VideoWATCH: Baby Trade Episode 5 - Mystery, madness and mayhem around the #Tembisa 10 continues

Episode 5 of ‘Baby Trade: Tracking the Truth’ continues to follow the story of what happened to the Tembisa 10

Pretoria News News
Staff Reporter|Published

Watch VideoBaby Trade Episode 4: A father to many, maybe, this is Teboho’s Tale

A father to many…maybe… Entitled Teboho’s Tale, Episode 4 of Independent Media’s Docuseries, Baby Trade, was released on Friday.

News South Africa Gauteng
IOL|Published

Watch VideoBaby Trade Episode 3: 'Madonna - All is Well'

In Episode 3 of Independent Media’s docuseries, Baby Trade, the team have a heart to heart chat with Moliehi Maria Sithole who now also goes by the name of Gosiame Tamara Sithole, mother of the Tembisa 10.

News South Africa Gauteng
IOL|Published

Watch Video'The Tembisa Three - Sipho’s Story’: Watch Episode 2 of Independent Media’s Baby Trade docuseries

Independent Media releases Episode 2 of its Baby Trade docuseries that explores the prospect of human trafficking in South Africa

News
IOL|Published

Watch VideoWATCH: ‘Baby Trade – Tracking the Truth’: Independent Media launches 8-part docuseries on human trafficking

Episode One of Independent Media’s Docuseries, Baby Trade, is released in acknowledgement of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

News
IOL|Published

Tembisa 10: Gosiame Sithole’s medical records ‘removed after health department’s IT systems tampered with’

Medical practitioners and social workers also conducted themselves unprofessionally subjecting Sithole to inhumane treatment.

Pretoria News News
Bongani Hans|Published

Report confirms Tembisa 10 mom was pregnant, had recent Caesarean section

In June this year, Independent Media exclusively broke the story of the record-breaking 'Tembisa Ten' births. What began as a good news story, however, was dismissed as fake news in some quarters amid reports of a cover-up by health authorities and government.

News South Africa Western Cape
Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Watch VideoLIVE FEED: Independent Media releases investigative report on Tembisa 10

A report from the much-anticipated investigation into the Tembisa Ten is being released today.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
IOL Reporter|Published

Advocate Michael Donen to chair external inquiry into Tembisa decuplets story

Independent Media has appointed veteran anti-apartheid lawyer, advocate and acting judge Michael Donen SC to chair its external inquiry into the Tembisa decuplets story.

Pretoria News News
Staff Reporter|Published

Teboho Tsotetsi opens criminal case in search for decuplets

Father said he had engaged lawyers’ services to assist him with the release of his wife Moliehi Sithole from hospital.

Pretoria News News
Sizwe Dlamini|Published

Decuplets mom turns to court over hospitalisation

Her lawyer says Gosiame Sithole is being held illegally by the Gauteng Department of Social Development.

Pretoria News News
Sizwe Dlamini|Published

I stand by my Tembisa decuplets story

I stand by the decuplets story, will vigorously defend any litigation, and challenge MECs and ministers to deny Gosiame Sithole’s delivery under oath, writes Piet Rampedi.

Pretoria News Opinion
Piet Mahasha Rampedi|Published

Tembisa 10: Picket to be held outside hospital over ’mistreatment of broken mom’

A picket organised by family, friends and activists was due to take place outside Tembisa Hospital on Friday, fuelled by the fact that she was ’’being mistreated by staff as if she is mentally disturbed’’.

News South Africa Gauteng
Ntombi Nkosi|Published

Tembisa 10: Mother asks for urgent court interdict after being taken for psychological evaluation

Gosiame Sithole has asked her lawyer to file for an urgent court interdict saying she was being held against her will and taken for a psychological evaluation.

Pretoria News News
Piet Mahasha Rampedi|Published

Tembisa decuplets mother detained by police, denied access to lawyer

The South African Police Services and Gauteng Department of Social Development stand accused of alleged abuse of power after the mother of the Tembisa decuplets Gosiame Sithole was detained by police in the early hours of Thursday

Pretoria News News
Piet Mahasha Rampedi|Published

Tembisa decuplets: State’s ’mammoth cover-up’

An investigation confirmed that the decuplets’ mother, Gosiame Sithole, gave birth at Steve Biko Hospital, but it’s unclear what happened to the babies and what their state of health is.

Pretoria News News
Piet Mahasha Rampedi|Published

Independent Media demands health department come clean about Tembisa decuplets, stands by Piet Rampedi

The Tembisa 10 story is not fake news but a cover-up of mammoth proportions by Gauteng Health authorities, Independent Media said on Wednesday.

News South Africa Gauteng
IOL|Published

Tembisa 10: Father Teboho Tsotetsi urges public to halt donations until Gosiame Sithole, decuplets return home

Mother has failed to disclose her whereabouts and the condition of their babies.

Pretoria News News
Piet Mahasha Rampedi|Published

Watch VideoTembisa 10 now belong to an elite club - the world’s most famous multiple births

The Tembisa 10 have made history even before they have left the hospital. Their birth will continue to make waves across the world.

Lifestyle Family Baby
Viwe Ndongeni-Ntlebi|Published

SocDev rubbishes claims that 'Tembisa 10' mom is missing

The Department of Social Development has rubbished claims that the woman who gave birth to the 10 babies earlier this week, is missing.

News South Africa Gauteng
IOL Reporter|Published

WATCH: A roundup of IOL’s most read stories last week

These are some of our most-read stories this week:

News South Africa
IOL|Published

Tembisa 10: Local brands donate towards National Baby Shower for Gauteng decuplets

Survé Philanthropies has also committed an amount of R1-million to be paid over four years.

Lifestyle Family Baby
Viwe Ndongeni-Ntlebi|Published