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Spokeswoman Warrant Officer Gerda Swart said the baby, named Precious, was a few days old.

"Precious had burn marks on her skin due to the acid in the long drop."

Patensie police received a call from a local resident at 5.45pm on Wednesday about a child crying inside a long-drop.

"Police looked inside the toilet and saw the little baby kicking and screaming inside.

"The officers demolished the zinc construction... and Constable Frankie Williams jumped inside the opening and took the baby girl out of the sullage [sewage]."

Officers cleaned her, wrapped her in a towel and drove her to hospital.

The 25-year-old mother was arrested on Thursday. She appeared in the Patensie Magistrate's Court on a charge of attempted murder on Friday.

The case was postponed to June 12 and bail was set at R500.

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Sun May 26 04:00:09 SAST 2013 ::

May 25, 2012

groovibabe

Hawu!! Dirty Woman...eBhoshi Pho?? aftre 9Months nxx
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May 25, 2012

Dimphozaza

Yintoni kodwa Amantombazana akwa Xhosa esenza amanyala anjena. This happens a lot in the Eastern Cape and Cape Town township of Khayelitsha(mostly occupied by Eastern Cape residents) kunini beqomfa abantwana kwi toilets nakwi drains. Ppl are always complaining in various Khayelitsha sections about blocked drains, when they get them fixed kubhaqwe innocent babies. This is too much, is poverty the cause of this or it's just pure carelessness? Why don't they use free contraceptives provided in local clinics.
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May 25, 2012

PDreamz

Shame poor child thank goodness you're alive you are a Blessing indeed sadly your useless mom will be out of prison and preg again soon
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May 25, 2012

OPZAZA

R500 Bail for such a serious crime, to a toddler nog. De Magistrate is veeeeerrrrrrrry sick!
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May 25, 2012

Mr_President

When i first saw the headline, i went like "not Limpopo again" LOL, at least my fellow sisters are coming back to their senses these days, keep it up.

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May 25, 2012

Bumboklaat

Se.febe sa p0pelo yao bola! Sies man! o bodile ngwana o!0
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May 25, 2012

Papage

These women love sex too much and they do this, such women must be castrated/sterelise them and they can enjoy sex with all the dogs we dont care.
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May 25, 2012

Blaklikeme

Only blaks can throw newborns away like garbage in the kakput. Fokin animal.
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May 26, 2012

shaharazad

Blaklikeme, you ARE the animal!! I live in Europe and white people dump babies here all the time. Tarnish every black person with the same racist brush. your comment should be devoid of dignifying it with a response, and Sowetan should strike off racist comments like yours. You make me sick!!
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May 26, 2012

shaharazad

I am glad Precious is fine
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