RESIDENTS who live near the illegal dumping site in Ga-Rankuwa View, Tshwane are shaken.
This is after a foetus was found wrapped in a plastic bag on Monday morning.
While Gloria Mokwape (55) was searching for empty bottles at the dumpsite, she found a plastic bag.
Glorina said she goes to the site every day to look for bottles to make money and put food on the table.
“I saw a Chicken Licken plastic bag and I opened it. I hoped to find used bottles, but to my shock I saw blood. I threw the bag to the ground and called for help,”
She said a man known as Jan rushed to her and she told him what she had just discovered.
Jan opened the bag and saw a dead baby.
“This is really traumatising for me as a mother and a grandmother,” said Gloria.
Jan said women take advantage because there are blocked sewers everywhere in their
area.
“Just because the area has a bad smell, the woman thought she could dump the foetus at the site and no one would notice the stench.”
Patricia Mohale (50), a community health worker from a nearby clinic, said women should start taking responsibility for their actions.
“People need to start using condoms and contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies, and avoid dumping babies.”
She said when they do door to door campaigns to teach the community about safe sex practices, people refuse to open their gates for them.
“They take us for granted. Sometimes they call us names. They say that we are useless. Now they can’t take responsibility for their actions.”
Captain Matthews Nkoadi, police spokesman, said no suspect has been arrested and a case of concealment of death was opened.
