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Why are so many newborns and foetuses being abandoned in landfills and velds in SA? We asked leading forensic pathologist Shakeera Holland what her team found. (Nicole Ludolph)
ABANDONED FOETUSES

Why so many newborns and foetuses are abandoned in landfills and the veld

Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand have gathered data from the Diepkloof Forensic Pathology Service in Soweto to better understand why so many women turn to…

  • Bhekisisa Team
7 min read
Cape Town’s Tygerberg mortuary. (David Harrison/M&G)
CAPE TOWN

Piled up bodies add to wheels of justice turning slowly for Cape murder victims

The number of pathology cases in Cape Town has shot up because of the Mother City’s spiralling rate of violent crime and homicides

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read