Confirmed: #Tembisa10 are not real

The ‘father’ of the mystery babies, aka the “Tembisa 10”, has made a statement, that has sent South Africa into a frenzy.

He allegedly stated as per News24, that “he does not believe his girlfriend, Gosiame Sithole had ever given birth to 10 babies.”

Additionally, his family has issued a statement expressing that the ‘father’ is yet to see the decuplets. He was allegedly relying on Sithole to inform him regarding their births.

There are no decuplets. Family statement. pic.twitter.com/A5k8htkqc0

— Mandy Wiener (@MandyWiener) June 15, 2021

According to the family’s statement, Tebogo Tsotetsi (the ‘father’), Tsotesti had made several attempts to visit Sithole and the babies, but she had failed to disclose her whereabouts and the condition of the babies.”

“The current uncertainties and public discourse about the decuplets is of major concern to the family, especially in the absence of any proof of the decuplets existence other than telephonic and WhatsApp messages from the mother,” the statement added.

“The family has resolved and concluded that there are no decuplets born between Tebogo Tsotetsi and Gosiame Sithole, until proven otherwise and wishes to apologise for any inconvenience and embarrassment.”

Additionally, Piet Rampedi has posted a video of Sithole stating that she did not give birth to the babies.

The caption reads:

“Gosiamo Sithole responds to the Tsotetsi family statement. She denies that she’s missing, and that she did not deliver the babies. She says the Tsotetsi family released a statement after meeting some politicians this morning, and they are angry because they wanted to benefit financially from the public donations.

Sithole says she will not be pressured by the Tsotetsi family to disclose the whereabouts of her babies, because they never liked her anyway.”

Additionally, Mandy Wiener has issued a powerful statement about the power of the media, and a lesson for the public to be discerning. Publications harness the power of words like ‘allegedly’ and ‘reportedly’ in light of the fact that often, what is being shared is what is currently known.

There are many lessons in this for journalism that require introspection and reflection. But… it is also a lesson for the public to be more discerning. Red flags were up immediately and those of us who dared question were abused and berated for doubting.

— Mandy Wiener (@MandyWiener) June 15, 2021

Read also:

https://www.capetownetc.com/news/thembisa10-births-denied-by-mediclinic-cracks-of-contradiction-emerge/

Picture: Twitter