{"id":148637,"date":"2017-04-07T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148637\/baby-abandoned-in-katlehong-south\/"},"modified":"2017-04-07T06:32:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T04:32:35","slug":"baby-abandoned-in-katlehong-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/07\/baby-abandoned-in-katlehong-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby abandoned in Katlehong South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A baby boy, estimated to be between two and three weeks old, was found abandoned in Katlehong South last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe baby was found by members of the community who immediately called police to the scene,\u201d said Capt Mega Ndobe, of the Ekurhuleni West cluster.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The baby was taken to hospital for a check-up and was found to be in good health. He is currently being kept at a place of safety.<\/p>\n<p>A case of child abandonment was opened by the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit and officers are actively searching for the baby\u2019s mother.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe police appeal to anyone who may have information about the whereabouts of the mother to come forward,\u201d said Ndobe.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is encouraged to call Crime Stop on 08600 10111.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148400\/breaking-news-two-in-hospital-following-cash-in-transit-heist-in-germiston\/\">Breaking News: Two in hospital following cash-in-transit heist in Germiston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148177\/twelve-arrested-in-katlehong-stop-and-search\/\">Twelve arrested in Katlehong stop-and-search<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148198\/man-allegedly-assaulted-during-theft\/\">Man allegedly assaulted during theft<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='3bc67cceb50bd232c564343fb6cc7d48'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police and Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit members search for baby\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":148638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,1015,1034,3034,1314,2730,999,998],"class_list":["post-148637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-katlehong","tag-katlehong-police","tag-katlehong-police-station","tag-katlehong-saps","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","katlehong","katlehong police","Katlehong Police Station","katlehong saps","Leigh Hodgson","police","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}