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ADVOCATE for the VULNERABLE

Boitumelo is the proud mom of little Moagi (2 years old), and also a certified doula and postpartum depression and anxiety advocate. Boitumelo was a victim of disrespect and abuse in the maternity care unit she was transferred to after giving birth alone in her flat in Johannesburg in June 2019.

She shares her story of healing in the hope of saving others from a similar nightmarish experience.

“I remember lying next to an almost lifeless baby, surrounded by a pool of blood, in a dim room and chewing on my brain because I

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