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Nkosi, my cousins! Baby arrives with help from kids’ first aid book

13 July 2020 - 09:00 By Sipokazi Fokazi
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Thandi Ndlebe, right, delivered her sister Vuyolwethu Manhica's son, Mthombo, with the help of instructions from a first aid book found by her son Moleko, 10, and read out by her daughter, Busisiwe, 12.
Thandi Ndlebe, right, delivered her sister Vuyolwethu Manhica's son, Mthombo, with the help of instructions from a first aid book found by her son Moleko, 10, and read out by her daughter, Busisiwe, 12.
Image: Esa Alexander

A first aid book and the reading skills of his 10- and 12-year-old cousins saw Mthombo Manhica safely into the world when his mother’s water broke.

The family recalls how Busisiwe, 12, and Moleko, 10, came to the rescue.

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