Daily Sun (November 11 2013) - JUNIOR Gumede, a six-month-old baby, lay alone in the shack while his mother was partying in a nearby tavern. But some time during the night, while his mother drank, danced and gambled, death entered the shack and brutally ended the baby's short life.
JUNIOR WAS FOUND WITH HORRIFIC WOUNDS TO HIS FACE AND LIMBS. Now a broken-hearted grandmother, Sanele Gumede (42), blames herself for the death of her grandson.
She said her daughter, Nokuthula Gumede (23), was found to be unfit to be a mother.
"She drank and played cards all the time," said Sanele. "I looked after Junior during the week, but I let her take him over weekends."
Block committee chairman Movers Khosa (39) told Daily Sun he was called to the scene immediately after a resident discovered the baby dead in the shack in Diepsloot extension one, north of Joburg, yesterday morning.
The body was found on filthy blankets in a messy shack with used nappies lying around.