Dumped baby in critical condition
A NEWBORN baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and in critical condition in Berea, Johannesburg, paramedics said.
ER24 said that when its paramedics arrived on the scene yesterday a provincial government ambulance was already attending to the baby boy. “Paramedics assessed the child, who was found wrapped in a plastic bag, and found he was in a critical condition.
Paramedics treated the patient and provided him with advanced life support interventions.”
The boy was transported to the Johannesburg General Hospital for treatment. Police were on the scene and investigating the incident. – ANA THE ANCYL has called for former tourism minister and ANC NEC member Derek Hanekom to apologise publicly or resign over his comment that he was not sure who he would vote for in the next elections.
Hanekom, who was fired in March during a cabinet reshuffle, said that he was not sure if he would vote for the ANC in 2019.
Hanekom remained an ANC MP and is also head of the party’s National Disciplinary Committee.
Reacting to Hanekom’s comment, ANCYL spokesperson Mlondi Mkhize said the youth league had hoped that the ANC leadership would deal with the matter swiftly.
“As the ANCYL, we call on the ANC leadership not be tempted to let comrade Derek off the hook. It is important that we all remain disciplined in the organisation,” Mkhize said. “We are extremely worried because comrade Derek is an NEC member of the ANC and head of the National Disciplinary Committee. For a person who has such responsibilities, he should have known better.”
Mkhize said Hanekom’s comment suggested that his vote for the ANC was dependent on who emerged as the ANC leadership in the elective conference this year in December.
In November last year, Hanekom unsuccessfully tabled a no-confidence motion against ANC president Jacob Zuma during an NEC meeting in Pretoria. “We call on the ANC leadership to demand an immediate public apology, or comrade Derek must resign from the NDC and NEC,” Mkhize said.
“As the ANCYL, we are worried that comrade Derek’s comments are going to inculcate wrong ideas in the organisation and the movement at large.” – ANA