We can’t ignore the fact that somehow, out of left field, Iqbal Survé’s Independent Media’s baby trafficking series is a finalist in the 2022 International News Media Association’s (INMA) Global Media Awards.
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’.