Gosiame Sithole, 49, made global headlines in June last year when the Pretoria News broke the story of her pregnancy. The story was at first welcomed for the celebration it should have been but was swiftly thereafter described as “not true, prompting Independent Media to launch several investigations into the saga.
Part of the investigations involved private investigators working independently of each other, Independent Media’s investigative unit of journalists, and highly placed sources with intimate knowledge on the matter.
Following several leads, multiple sources led Independent Media to obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Kazeem Okanlomo who is believed to have been involved in the delivery of Sithole’s decuplets. It was established through the investigation that Okanlomo, who also uses the alias “Dr Okadingwa” operated from a practice on the East Rand and other hospitals in Gauteng and that Sithole’s babies were delivered at Steve Biko Academic Hospital.
According to Dlamini, Okanlomo was identified by several sources as having had a role in the birth of the decuplets. These included private Investigators; senior hospital staff; other medical doctors, Sithole’s call records; and Sithole, who identified him during an interview with Independent Media.
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Sithole said that Okonlomo had seen her several times during her pregnancy and had even introduced her to a “sponsor”, someone only identified as “Dr Roberto” who had offered to fund Sithole’s delivery at a private hospital in Gauteng.
When contacted for comment, Okanlomo denied any involvement.
“You must be mentally unstable to keep asking me about something I know nothing about,” said Okanlomo. “Some people have called me recently regarding something I know nothing about. There’s no point in calling me and telling me I have committed a crime; that’s why I am saying you should go to the nearest police station and lay a charge because that’s what I am going to do.
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