Baby born as husband bleeds to death beside mother

0Shares

In a heart-wrenching tale of senseless brutality, a young Zimbabwean couple’s joyous moment of welcoming a new life was shattered when the husband was stabbed to death in front of his wife, just as they were about to rush to the hospital for the birth of their child.

The horrific incident occurred in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Cape Town, where Talent and his wife, Lillian Gono, had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of their baby.

As Lillian’s water broke, Talent sprang into action, calling an Uber to take them to Dunoon Hospital.

But in a split second, their excitement turned to terror. As Talent stepped outside to load their hospital bag into the car, a group of eight men emerged from the shadows, their eyes blazing with malice.

Talent was stabbed multiple times, his life slipping away as his horrified wife watched, helpless and in labor.

The senseless tragedy has sent shockwaves through the community, with friend Toni Tresadern sharing the devastating story on Facebook. As Lillian gave birth outside their home, her world was forever shattered by the brutal loss of her partner, her rock, her Talent.

The tragic story was shared on Facebook by Toni Tresadern.

Tresadern said they beat him, before stabbing him in the head, stomach and chest. They then fled with his phone and the hospital bag.

Lillian, who was struggling with labour pains, struggled down the stairs to find her husband lying in a pool of blood.

She gave birth to a baby girl right next to her husband. “He passed away a few seconds after [his daughter] was born,” Tresadern said.

Tresadern said she met Talent five years ago when he was selling pumpkins.

The couple were originally from Zimbabwe and the newborn baby, who has been named after her father, was their third child. According to Tresadern, the family were to return home in April after securing funds to open a hardware store and welding business.

A BackaBuddy campaign has been started to raise funds for Lillian to return home and bury her husband. The campaign was started by Jeannie Ross, who says she met Lilian about five years ago when she hired her as a domestic worker.

Since then, Ross says, she and Lilian had become friends.

“Lilian now faces an unimaginable road ahead, raising three children without the man who was her anchor,” Ross said in her BackaBuddy post.

The target the campaign is aiming for is R35 000. At the time of publishing, R34 770 had been donated.

When contacted for comment on Friday morning, the police in the Western Cape said they were unaware of the incident.