" Quonita was born with congenital anophthalmos in the right socket. At three months a baby conformer was fitted in theatre to stretch the socket.

"Jaco Basson was born on 23 May 1994 in Paarl Medi Clinic, without a left eye. This abnormality could not be seen on the sonar's that were taken during my pregnancy, a blood test could also not trace it to a genetic problem.