23/10/2025
đź’” Another Baby Abandoned This Morning
A friend of mine, a community worker, told me about a newborn baby who was found abandoned in Pola Park.
By the grace of God, this little one is alive. But my heart breaks thinking about what she was exposed to before someone found her, the cold, the fear, the danger.
And what hurts even more is knowing that just a short distance away, there is my Baby Saver, a place where she could have been left safely, warmly and with dignity.
Instead, this tiny baby had to face the world alone before help came.
And yet, this is what DSD Gauteng seems to want, to make Baby Savers illegal.
To take away a life-saving option that ensures a baby is found within minutes by someone ready to care, love and protect.
No danger. No delay. Just a safe space for a desperate mother who feels she has no other choice.
How can we call something like that a crime?
How can we choose paperwork and politics over life?
Every time a baby is found like this, it’s a reminder that our system is failing mothers in crisis.
We need compassion, not criminalisation.
We need safe options, not silence.
Because one more baby left out in the cold is one too many.
Baby savers don’t encourage abandonment. They save lives.
You can help.
Please object before the 25th to this bill by emailing the following or your own words:
"I object to the proposed
Dear official,
I, (full name), with email address (email) and contact number (number), am writing to submit that I object to the proposed amendment to the definition of abandonment in section 1(a) of the Children's Amendment Bill in that it proposes to include a child relinquished in a baby box. This is a form of safe relinquishment and should not be defined as abandonment as it safeguards the child's right to life.
Thank you for considering my submission.
Yours sincerely,
(Your full name)
Email that to:
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