Inside South Africa's baby savers that government wants to get rid of. “As the baby saver is on our property, the baby is removed within minutes, the baby is checked for any medical conditions, abuse, injuries, etc,” she says. In Pretoria, Wouter and Mientjie Prozesky run Rock of Hope, a registered place of safety that activated its baby saver in June 2023. Rushton echoes, “The challenges we face are generally from the Department of Social Development, who deemed the Baby Savers illegal in 2023.” She adds that DSD “have not been referring babies to shelters with Baby Savers and they have even closed smaller shelters”.