The woman‚ who has four other children‚ appeared in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday where she accepted legal aid representation from the state. She is expected to remain in police custody until her bail application on Tuesday.
In a statement the department said that the woman’s other children had been taken to live with a relative.
“As the custodians of the Children’s Act of 2005‚ social workers from our Mitchells Plain local office have intervened to protect the other four children the woman has‚” the statement read.
“The children have been placed in alternative care of a relative and counselling assistance is being rendered to the children.
“We condemn this brutal murder and the alleged circumstances of this incident in the strongest terms possible. That the alleged murderer is allegedly the mother of the baby is most outrageous.”
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