New-born baby rescued from school pit toilet in KwaDukuza

Paramedics and firefighters carried out the rescue earlier today.

Newswatch understood firefighters had to break through a concrete slab to get to the infant.

Authorities believe the child was born today.

Pictures from the scene show the new-born with the umbilical cord still attached.

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KwaDukuza municipal spokesperson, Sipho Mkhize has confirmed the mother is a learner at the school.

"They had to perform the rescue of an infant that was in a pit toilet. At this stage, we would like to miss the details due to the incident involving a minor. However, we want to put it on record that the infant was rescued and stabilised," Mkhize said. 

Mkhize says both mother and baby are being treated in hospital. 

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Police are investigating. The Education Department says it's also trying to determine what happened.