{"id":69493,"date":"2017-07-18T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=69493"},"modified":"2017-07-19T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T07:00:42","slug":"please-help-community-urged-assist-choosing-name-girlchild-refuse-bin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/07\/18\/please-help-community-urged-assist-choosing-name-girlchild-refuse-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"PLEASE HELP: Community urged to assist with choosing a name for girlchild in the refuse bin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The body of the baby was found wrapped in the bloody night gown of her mother.<\/p>\n

It was clear that she was dumped face down inside the bin after birth.<\/p>\n

Since nobody can identify and claim the body, reverend Kokkie Smit decided to step forward to give the baby girl a decent memorial after naming her.<\/p>\n

He told his congregation during a Sunday service that the girl deserved to be named and buried respectfully.<\/p>\n

Video shows how baby was dumped<\/a><\/p>\n

Warning Graphic: Five babies dumped in less then two months<\/a><\/p>\n

Update: Police finally make arrest after latest discovery<\/a><\/p>\n

New born baby found dead<\/a><\/p>\n

Roseleigh Funeral Services has indicated that they’re willing to handle the logistics.<\/p>\n

Reverend Smit however thought it good to get the entire Middelburg community involved with choosing a name for the baby girl.
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Please post your ideas in the comment line of this post.<\/b>
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A full list of names will then be submitted to Reverend Smit and his church for a final decision.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St John Presbyterian Church has offered to name and host a memorial service for the full term baby girl found dumped inside a garden refuse bin in Joubert Street a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":69494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69493","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=69493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}