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The South African mom who claimed to have given birth to a
record 10 babies was not even pregnant, a local government
inquiry found.

The Gauteng Provincial Government said Wednesday it had
“conducted a thorough check with all hospitals” in the area to
“establish the veracity” of Gosiame Thamara Sithole’s claims
that she had given birth to decuplets.

“None of the hospitals in the province, public and private, had
any records of such births at their facilities,” the government
said.

When officials finally reached Sithole, 37 — whose own husband
could not contact her — she was taken in for a 72-hour
psychiatric evaluation that was extended by a week, the
officials said.

“It has now been established by medical practitioners that Ms
Sithole did not give birth to any babies in recent times,” the
statement revealed. “It has also been established that she was
not pregnant in recent times.”

The government said it “instructed the State Attorney to
institute legal action” against the paper that broke the story —
the Pretoria News — over a follow-up story that suggested the
“government was trying to cover up medical negligence” by
holding Sithole.

“These allegations are false, unsubstantiated and only serve to
tarnish the good reputation of Steve Biko Academic Hospital and
the Gauteng Provincial Government,” the statement said.

The government said it was “deeply concerned by the conduct” of
the paper, “particularly the Editor of the Pretoria News, Mr.
Piet Rampedi,” who would also be part of the lawsuit.

Rampedi penned an apology to his employees declaring “sadness
and regret” over the debunked scoop — admitting his reporting
was lax because he was friends with Sithole and trusted her word.

“I am sorry for the reputational damage the aftermath of the
story has caused for the group, the company and my colleagues in
general,” he wrote, according to an email seen by News24.

“To be blunt, the story provided detractors with an opportunity
to cast aspersions on the professional integrity of not only
myself, but also my colleagues in the group. For that, I am
extremely sorry,” he reportedly wrote.

He said the couple refused to talk to other journalists because
they were friends of his, saying that he felt there was “nothing
to investigate.”

“They had no reason to lie to me about the pregnancy. For me, it
was a story of celebration. Hence, I never demanded documentary
proof of the pregnancy, such as scanners and clinic cards, for
instance, as I would normally do with an investigative story,”
he wrote, according to News24.

“However, judging by the sudden turn of events and the reaction
from the government and our detractors, I was wrong,” he
admitted.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/gosiame-thamara-sitholes-claim-to- give-birth-to-10-babies-proven-false/

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