By Malungelo Booi
SIMPHIWE Malobola thought his daughter Emily would be safe staying with her stepsisters while she was pregnant.
“We thought they could alert us if she had any complications,” Simphiwe said.
After Emily (21) had a baby girl she and the baby continued staying with the daughters of Simphiwe’s wife Johanna Sesana in Zwide near Gqeberha.
But apparently Johanna’s elder sister didn’t like the arrangement. When Simphiwe called Emily to check how she was last Monday, he was shocked.
“Emily told me her step aunt had taken her and the baby to the maternal grandmother’s place, telling her she was not her sister’s child,” said Simphiwe.
“Emily said her step aunt threatened to beat her up or shoot someone if she ever set her foot in her sisters’ house again.”
Simphiwe said he and Johanna took Emily and the baby back to Zwide and spoke to the step aunt.
Next thing, he got a call to say the step aunt was sjambokking Emily and her baby.
“We rushed back and found the baby bleeding from her head.”
On Monday night, Emily and her seven-week-old baby were taken to Livingston Hospital.
They were discharged on Tuesday. But the next morning Emily woke up to find her baby dead and her nose full of blood.
An upset Johanna said: “This situation had nothing to do with my sister.
“But she should have told me if she had a problem instead of beating these children.”
Johanna reported the sjambokking to zwide police.
Captain Rheineth Motlana said a suspect was arrested on charges of assault and murder.
“She will appear in court soon.”
The baby will be buried at Motherwell Cemetery on Friday.
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