Roselyne Sachiti — "She left this waiting shelter three days ago and the husband, who did not buy anything for the baby, beat her up."Other pregnant women in the waiting mothers' shelter gave her baby clothes and he was not happy. What kind of man beats up a woman who has just given birth?
"Khale hanina achitsvala saka mwina mutatsika kutsvala hini." Loosely translated this Shangaan statement means "Long back we used to give birth, so why don't you do the same?"
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