North West Health MEC, Madoda Sambatha at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp. Around 33 babies were born on New Year’s Day in the province.
Supplied/North West Department of Health.
In the first few hours of 2024, 411 babies were born at public health facilities in South Africa.
On Monday, Health Minister Joe Phaahla joined the premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, and the province’s Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane-Dube, in welcoming the New Year babies at GJ Crookes Hospital in Scottsburgh.
Phaahla said 211 girls and 200 boys were born, with Gauteng having the highest number – 112.
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