Milnerton police are looking for a couple who was spotted dumping this cute little baby in Omuramba Road in Montague Gardens on Monday evening.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana says: “A child abandonment case was opened for investigation after a three-month-old baby girl was found abandoned at Omuramba Road in Milnerton. The baby was taken to Social Development.”
A source says at around 7pm, police were alerted about a couple who dropped the baby under a tree near a MyCiTi bus stop.
The couple then walked in the direction of Joe Slovo township, leaving the infant behind.
Police responded swiftly and took the little girl, dressed in a pink and white striped dress and long sleeved pink T-shirt, to the station before handing her over to members of Social Development.
“She is such a lovely child, healthy and quiet,” says the source.
Anyone with information that can help police to trace the parents of the child is urged to contact 021 528 3800.
Joshua Chigome, spokesman for the provincial Department of Social Development, says: “The feedback received from the Child Death Review Panel is that dumping babies seems primarily linked to perinatal mental health challenges such as post-partum depression and psychosis, and women who have poor support systems are most at risk.
“There are NGOs that offer dropboxes for babies, although this is a grey area because some believe it facilitates child abandonment, which is a criminal offence.”
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