Overview
- Rose Mnisi, 39, reappeared in the Mashishing District Court this week and secured release after bail was set at R10,000.
- She was arrested on September 18 after a community tip-off to the Lydenburg K9 Unit, which found wrapped placentas in a plastic bag on Voortrekker Street.
- Police have charged her with illegal possession of human tissue allegedly taken from Lydenburg Hospital’s maternity ward.
- The seized placentas are undergoing forensic analysis as detectives examine whether she acted alone and how hospital security controls were bypassed.
- The Mpumalanga health department has suspended her in absentia, and the matter is set to return to court on November 4.