Fri May 24 09:14:06 SAST 2013
Fri May 24 09:14:07 SAST 2013

Baby born in court

Oct 23, 2012 | Sapa, Cape Times | 33 comments

A Cape Town magistrate found herself delivering a baby rather than a judgment in court

Acting senior magistrate Pearl Andrews was on her way to a prosecutor’s office at the Wynberg court on Monday when an interpreter told her a woman was in labour.

She followed security guards to the toilet to assist the woman in labour, Koliswa Thwala.

When she got there, she borrowed a cleaner’s rubber gloves and delivered the baby.

Thwala and her baby boy were taken to the Retreat Maternity Hospital.

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Fri May 24 09:14:07 SAST 2013 ::
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Oct 23, 2012

Mellow

Wondering what Thwala named her bundle of joy guess it will all depend on what she was at the court for in the first place
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Oct 23, 2012

joyful

sweet! hope the woman is not a law breaker!

@Mellow - if it's a boy, she call her Judge, Justice, Innocent, Freedom; if a girl Appeal, Courtney, Witness....... LOL!
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Oct 23, 2012

Mrazane

@ Mellow maybe she will call the baby Advocate if its a boy, or it its a girl they will call her Nomanji or Nomagistrate.
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Oct 23, 2012

candilious

@Mellow -Guilty or Innocent lol
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Oct 23, 2012

Di-Anne

He will be called JUSTICE
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Oct 23, 2012

Di-Anne

He might even be called MAGISTRATE......Lkk
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Oct 23, 2012

VENDALIOUS

His name is Guilty
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Oct 23, 2012

Missjoy

wow! let us hope and wish the child doesnt grow believing jail is home and safe place to be in
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Oct 23, 2012

VENDALIOUS

@Missjoy
wow! let us hope and wish the child doesnt grow believing jail is home and safe place to be in
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Theres a difference between jail & court
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Oct 23, 2012

Shredder

Hihihihi, damn magistrate!!! What does she know about delivering a baby? Putting the life of the mother and child in danger.
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