Pregnant mother pleads guilty to killing previous baby

FRANCISTOWN: The Francistown High Court will today sentence 27-year-old Gaone Tonto, who was found guilty of inducing a premature birth and dumping her then six-month old foetus.

Tonto, who is heavily pregnant at the moment, is alleged to have drunk a concoction and prematurely delivered a baby whom she dumped next to a toilet on February 25, 2011 in Selebi-Phikwe.

Tonto pleaded guilty to a single count of infanticide before Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo. She had previously been charged with murder.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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