{"id":39746,"date":"2015-12-21T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T09:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=39746"},"modified":"2015-12-23T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T09:26:40","slug":"nastional-news-newborn-found-in-pit-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/21\/nastional-news-newborn-found-in-pit-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"National News &#8211; Newborn found in pit-toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lt.Col. Ronel Otto, Limpopo Police spokesperson, said that members of the police\u2019s Search and Rescue unit were called to the scene after members of the community heard a baby crying from the bottom of a pit toilet.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-39746 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/21\/nastional-news-newborn-found-in-pit-toilet\/attachment\/b-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/12\/B-1-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/21\/nastional-news-newborn-found-in-pit-toilet\/attachment\/b-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/12\/B-3-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The baby girl was eventually saved by Sgt Levi Mabethlela. She was treated on the scene and taken to an undisclosed hospital for further medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Baby X was found abandoned next to the railway line in Middelburg in September 2014. She was wrapped in newspaper and had her umbilical cord still attached. Baby X\u2019s mother was never traced.<\/p>\n<p>She was put in a place of safety outside of Middelburg after residents flocked to the Middelburg Hospital to see her.<\/p>\n<p>The Middelburg Observer reported in August that police are pushing to close the docket so that <a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/18403\/babatjie-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baby X<\/a> can be considered for adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Read related stories here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/21202\/a-to-z-on-baby-x\/\" target=\"_blank\">A to Z on Baby X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/32324\/police-no-closer-to-finding-mothers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police no closer to finding mother<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/31971\/new-born-found-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">New born baby found dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/18403\/babatjie-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">(Warning Graphic Content): Baby dumped by mother survived unscathed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/13548\/baby-found-in-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baby found in bag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/18451\/voor-die-wind-met-koningskind\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Voor die wind met Koningskind<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/18738\/baby-x-in-place-of-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Baby X in place of safety<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/18507\/video-hero-in-blue\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video: The baby\u2019s hero in blue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Send a message to our SMS line 37 940 or add us onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> to receive your free daily news updates.<\/p>\n<p>Also check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Video\u2019s<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a> daily!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a sewer-pit early this morning in Matlala in Limpopo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":39747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,7,2],"tags":[1812,2462,1049,2898,3056,1088],"class_list":["post-39746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-baby","tag-baby-x","tag-danger","tag-lost","tag-missing-baby","tag-warning"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["baby","Baby X","danger","Lost","Missing Baby","warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}