Africa and the promise of research and development The Punch Published 1 July 2021 A woman from South Africa, Gosiame Thamara Sithole, made headlines at the beginning of last month after she claimed to give birth to 10 babies – seven boys and three girls – in a single pregnancy. Because of this record-breaking claim, it was speculated that the lady could be in the running for the Guinness World Record title for delivering most children at a single birth to survive. However, after an enquiry, it was discovered that Sithole had misled the world. She was never pregnant. It was a scam. According to reports, some medical tests confirmed that she was not even pregnant recently, which disproved the claim completely. She is now a subject of enquiry under the Mental Health Act and is kept under observation. Certainly, for making such outrageous claims with fake pictures to go with it, it is natural that her sanity was questioned.