The Story Of South African Women Claiming That She Gave Birth To 10 Babies Turns Out To Be Fake

A South African woman claiming to have given birth to ten children earlier this month as been proved a lie by the investigation.

The South African government has officially released a report dispelling suspicions. She formally declared that what her husband had said was a blatant lie. Gosiame Sithole, 37, was admitted to a hospital for psychiatric treatment after the truth about the whole narrative was found.

She is also being questioned under the Mental Health Act. Meanwhile, her husband Tebeho Sotetsi was arrested by the police.

On June 7, a woman named Gosiame Sithole reportedly gave birth to 10 babies in a local private hospital, according to IOL. The article reached every corner of the world due to the enthusiasm of the News Editor Pete Rampedi.

At first, everybody seemed to believe in the story, but people started to notice there was no proof. No photos and videos of the children were posted to confirm the story, which stirred suspicions.

Sithole and Tebeho, on the other hand, started collecting donations to support their poor family. At one point, Tebeho said he would not be sharing any whereabouts of his wife’s children, but he also did not stop collecting donations.

 On the other hand, relatives said that Sithole had claimed to have given birth to three children in the past, which also turned out to be fake. At one point, a quarrel broke out between the couple.

The South African government has intensified its investigation in the wake of suspicions and criticism. After confirming that she had not been admitted to any hospital in Tembisa for delivery, the authorities revealed her lie and the evidence. Halima Sisse, who gave birth to nine children in Mali in May, has solid evidence that was missing in this case.

The provincial administration says there are no hospitals in the province of Gauteng with a record number of decuplets.

Sithole has also been told by medical examinations that she was not pregnant recently.

This 37-year-old is now being monitored and supported under the Mental Health Act. The authority has limited the information; they further did not discuss the reasons why the narrative was produced.

The Origin Of The Story

Ms. Sithole, who has a twin of six with her companion Teboho Tsotetsi lived in Thembissa in the province of Gauteng near Johannesburg, which has numerous working-class people.

They went to the same church as Rampedi, the editor of Pretoria News. Where he was introduced to them in December, according to IOL. In May, he allegedly interviewed a couple who claimed to be expecting eight children. From which the photos of Sithole looking heavily pregnant.

On June 8, the IOL News reported the birth of ten unexpected babies, citing Mr. Tsotetsi as the source. He later stated that he had received text messages from his source for further information and that he was not permitted to enter the hospital because of coronavirus restrictions.

Rampedi also relied on WhatsApp communications and did not have independent confirmation of the story from the hospital.

The local mayor then confirmed the births—since other outlets such as the BBC had carried the story— but a state official later noted that the politician had only the word of the family and no one had seen the infants yet.

Donations for the couple and their babies began to flow, known as the “Thembisa 10,” with one million dollars of rand flowing in.

However, the report was suspected because the article failed to reveal the name of the hospital in Gauteng, where the babies were allegedly born, and when the investigation finally began, a number of hospitals went to deny their involvement in any such cases.

And the couple also seemed to have drifted out after the news when Mr. Tsotetsi had also apparently notified people to halt donations a week later.

The Gauteng Provincial authorities have said that social employees have succeeded in finding Sithole, and she was admitted last Friday to the hospital for examinations.

A leaked News24 memo states that Rampedi recently apologized to IOL for “the reputational damage” the report has caused, claiming that the group had more had to gather more information rather than providing “feel good” information.

IOL made the charges against SBAH 10 days after their claimed births.

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