Family's shock as Stephanie Segals dies shortly after giving birth.
Stellenbosch woman Lena Segals was excited and proud when the woman she had raised as her very own told her she was boarding a bus to Johannesburg to start a new job.
But exactly a year later, she was shocked to learn that 29-year-old Stephanie Segals, whom she had fostered since her teenage years, had never arrived in Johannesburg at all, and had instead travelled to Gqeberha.
There, about 700km from Stellenbosch, she settled in with a man she had met on TikTok, married him, gave birth to a baby girl six weeks ago, and died just nine days later.
Stephanie, affectionately known as Steffie, died of natural causes, according to her death certificate seen by IOL.
