Entertainment SA is led to believe that the Pretoria News editor Piet Rampedi is leaving Independent Media after making headlines with the Tembisa 10 in 2021.
Rampedi is the editor and author of the infamous story of a woman who gave birth to decuplets later dubbed as the Tembisa 10, and he has resigned from the company.
The experienced journalist’s resignation will take effect from Wednesday, 1 February 2023 and he is trending for running a controversial story that broke the internet and made headlines worldwide.
He reported in 2021 that a South African woman, Gosiame Sithole, gave birth to a world record-breaking ten babies.
Despite standing firm, the government launched a probe and eventually discovered that the ‘Tembisa 10’ were never born and that Sithole was not pregnant at the time of the said birth.
He later issued an apology to Independent Media and his colleagues but he maintained that his remarkable story was true.
Rampedi boasts more than two decades of experience in both print and broadcast media having worked for the Sunday Times, City Press, and the SABC before joining Independent Media in March 2019 as head of its investigative unit.
The former talk radio host was then appointed as deputy editor of the Sunday Times and in January 2021 he was appointed editor of the Pretoria News.
@Raisibe reacted:
“Black people hate each other. People celebrating Piet Rampedi’s resignation are blacks. Tembisa 10 is deep.”
@Malaisha posted:
“Whether he made a mistake or not, there’s nothing to celebrate here, people make mistakes at work, the better blacks will always act perfect as if they don’t make mistakes at their workplaces.”
@MbaliMbuli wrote:
“Mistakes are one thing… and they’re often excused. But to insist on the veracity of your story even when evidence points to the contrary is what got him here, unfortunately. It’s not about acting perfect, but owning up to your mistakes.”
@Mosotho commented:
“Writing a fake story is not a mistake.”
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