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   The South African mom who claimed to have given birth to a   
   record 10 babies was not even pregnant, a local government   
   inquiry found.   
      
   The Gauteng Provincial Government said Wednesday it had   
   “conducted a thorough check with all hospitals” in the area to   
   “establish the veracity” of Gosiame Thamara Sithole’s claims   
   that she had given birth to decuplets.   
      
   “None of the hospitals in the province, public and private, had   
   any records of such births at their facilities,” the government   
   said.   
      
   When officials finally reached Sithole, 37 — whose own husband   
   could not contact her — she was taken in for a 72-hour   
   psychiatric evaluation that was extended by a week, the   
   officials said.   
      
   “It has now been established by medical practitioners that Ms   
   Sithole did not give birth to any babies in recent times,” the   
   statement revealed. “It has also been established that she was   
   not pregnant in recent times.”   
      
   The government said it “instructed the State Attorney to   
   institute legal action” against the paper that broke the story —   
   the Pretoria News — over a follow-up story that suggested the   
   “government was trying to cover up medical negligence” by   
   holding Sithole.   
      
   “These allegations are false, unsubstantiated and only serve to   
   tarnish the good reputation of Steve Biko Academic Hospital and   
   the Gauteng Provincial Government,” the statement said.   
      
   The government said it was “deeply concerned by the conduct” of   
   the paper, “particularly the Editor of the Pretoria News, Mr.   
   Piet Rampedi,” who would also be part of the lawsuit.   
      
   Rampedi penned an apology to his employees declaring “sadness   
   and regret” over the debunked scoop — admitting his reporting   
   was lax because he was friends with Sithole and trusted her word.   
      
   “I am sorry for the reputational damage the aftermath of the   
   story has caused for the group, the company and my colleagues in   
   general,” he wrote, according to an email seen by News24.   
      
   “To be blunt, the story provided detractors with an opportunity   
   to cast aspersions on the professional integrity of not only   
   myself, but also my colleagues in the group. For that, I am   
   extremely sorry,” he reportedly wrote.   
      
   He said the couple refused to talk to other journalists because   
   they were friends of his, saying that he felt there was “nothing   
   to investigate.”   
      
   “They had no reason to lie to me about the pregnancy. For me, it   
   was a story of celebration. Hence, I never demanded documentary   
   proof of the pregnancy, such as scanners and clinic cards, for   
   instance, as I would normally do with an investigative story,”   
   he wrote, according to News24.   
      
   “However, judging by the sudden turn of events and the reaction   
   from the government and our detractors, I was wrong,” he   
   admitted.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/gosiame-thamara-sitholes-claim-to-   
   give-birth-to-10-babies-proven-false/   
      
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