Rather than slowly backing away from the story and letting everybody move on and forget, those behind the tall tale keep on digging.
Despite an investigation finding that the decuplets story was a hoax, Iqbal Survé, Piet Rampedi, and Independent Media are forging ahead with ‘Baby Trade: Tracking the Truth’.
Then again, Iqbal Survé, Piet Rampedi, and IOL seem determined to beat this drum regardless of how ridiculous they look.
Rather than admit to any journalistic failures, the media house that broke the ‘Tembisa 10’ story has doubled down in extraordinary fashion.
After the story of the Tembisa 10 unravelled, independent investigators were appointed to find out what really happened.
Remember when South Africans celebrated a Guinness World Record birth, with 10 babies born to Gosiame Sithole? Nando’s does.
I’m sure Piet Rampedi would like everybody to move on and forget the Tembisa 10 story, but independent investigations into his reporting continue.
Piet Rampedi, who published the first stories regarding the now infamous Tembisa 10, says he stands by his reporting, and it’s “a fact” that 10 babies were born.
“Perhaps now we can finally put the Tembisa 10 saga to rest, with the Gauteng provincial government releasing a statement that the alleged mother “did not give birth to any babies in recent times”.
Tembisa 10 journo says sorry. Why SA hasn’t been load shed in a week. Inside a redneck rave. Body retrieved from Lion’s Head. Billie Eilish ‘appalled’.
You take a day or two off from paying attention to the Tembisa 10 story, and when you check back in, things have really spiralled.
The wife of the father of decuplets, dubbed the ‘Tembisa 10’, says he hasn’t given her a cent to care for his children, and was caught sneaking around.
The father, Tebogo Tsotetsi, says that photos have not been forthcoming because the babies were born prematurely, and will be released in due course.