Zuko Komisa

Two hundred and three New Year babies were born in Gauteng public hospitals on Wednesday, 1 January 2025.
Between midnight and noon, 98 baby girls and 105 baby boys were delivered.
Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, visited the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto to greet the newborns and distribute gift bags that included necessities.
“Academic hospitals delivered 31 babies mostly from Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital with 20 babies, followed by Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital and Steve Biko Academic Hospital with four deliveries each.”
“The department continues to urge all the mothers to ensure that the birth of their newly born babies are registered with the Department of Home Affairs offices that are in-house at health facilities across the province,” said the Gauteng Department of Health.
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