When solid waste workers received a complaint of a blocked manhole, they would discover a lifeless body of a baby in the manhole.

The baby was discovered shortly after 09:00 in Mhluzi. It is not clear how long the dead baby had been in the sewage.

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Mothers that do not want to keep their babies are urged to use the drop-off baby safes in Middelburg.

• The first baby safe was constructed at St John’s Presbyterian Church following the discovery of a newborn baby girl in a garden refuse bin in Joubert Street.

• Mothers can also drop off their babies at the 24-hour Mhluzi Medical Centre on Dr Mandela Drive, which is where the second baby safe was placed.

https://www.citizen.co.za/middelburg-observer/70349/baby-in-the-bin-madison-was-a-gift-from-god-will-find-final-resting-place-on-church-grounds/

The identity of any person dropping off a baby will be kept anonymous.

Municipal spokesperson Prudence Magutle said solid waste workers continually have to retrieve foreign objects that have been thrown into the sewers.

https://www.citizen.co.za/middelburg-observer/70188/baby-girl-found-inside-refuse-bin-laid-to-rest/