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Ernesta Chirwa, whose twins were stillborn, are taking a woman they say claimed to be a midwife, and the Western Cape health MEC, to court. Photo: Supplied
BINGALA

‘Midwife’ sued after twins die

The parents have opened a criminal case against Caitlyn Collins, who they allege purported to be a midwife who could assist with a home birth

  • Lyse Comins
8 min read
13 April 2022 – Chifundo Bingala & his wife Enersta Christian Chirwa at their home in Westlake, Cape Town. Photo by David Harrison
CAITLYN COLLINS

Parents open civil case against ‘radical birth keeper’

Ernie Chirwa and her partner Chifundo Bingala have turned to a Cape Town law specialist after their twins died

  • Eunice Masson
7 min read
‘I’m really actually quite amazed that I managed to navigate that kind of playing the game but not playing the game for as long as I did,’ — Caitlyn Collins, self-proclaimed midwife. (Getty)
CAITLYN COLLINS

The ‘radical birth keeper’ involved in twin baby deaths

Negligence of ‘birth keeper’ could have caused death of twins, who were stillborn.

  • Eunice Masson
11 min read