Infant found in bushes near Tshikota

The Makhado police have opened a case of child abandonment after a three-day-old infant was discovered in the open bushes near Tshikota on 26 February.

According to the information available at this stage, a member of public noticed a baby girl abandoned in the bushes next to the Vivo road at the second Tshikota turn-off at around 17:45.

The police were alerted about the incident. A case of child abandonment was opened at the Makhado Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) after the discovery of the infant.

"We are appealing to the members of the community to provide us with information that might help to reveal the identity of the mother," said the spokesperson for the Makhado police, W/O Takalani Madzhigili. The child is in good health.

The FCS can be reached at 079 523 8266, 082 729 0378 or 082 319 9650.

Date:06 March 2014

By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.

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