{"id":5920,"date":"2024-11-20T14:17:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:17:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:17:46","slug":"mother-stabs-own-one-day-old-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5920","title":{"rendered":"Mother Stabs Own One Day Old Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>South African Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tragic incident occurred in Lastehoop, Ga-Malatji, South Africa, where a 26-year-old mother and her 43-year-old brother were arrested for allegedly murdering a one-day-old infant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The baby was born at home and shortly after, was fatally stabbed in the upper body with a sharp instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, a police spokesperson, preliminary investigations linked the mother and brother to the crime, which took place on November 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, South Africa has a high rate of violence against infants and children, with some of the highest incidences of child and infant rape in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, a study by the Tears Foundation and the Medical Research Council found that 50% of South Africa&#8217;s children will be abused before the age of 18 \u00b9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects are currently in custody and will appear in the Mankweng Magistrates Court as investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This heartbreaking incident highlights the need for continued efforts to address violence against children and infants in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidents of Violence Against Children in South Africa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High Rate of Child Abuse: 50% of children are abused before the age of 18 \u00b9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infant Rape: South Africa has one of the highest rates of infant rape in the world \u00b9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Child Murder: Cases of child murder, like the one in Lastehoop, are a tragic reminder of the need for protection and support for vulnerable children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Correspondent A tragic incident occurred in Lastehoop, Ga-Malatji, South Africa, where a 26-year-old mother and her 43-year-old brother were arrested for allegedly murdering a one-day-old infant. The baby&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5922,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions\/5922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}