News24 | Bundles of Christmas joy: SA welcomes more than 500 babies in first 12 hours of 25 December

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KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane takes a peek at one of the province's first Christmas babies as new mother Minenhle Nkosi looks on.

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane takes a peek at one of the province's first Christmas babies as new mother Minenhle Nkosi looks on.

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health

More than 500 babies had been born across the country by midday on Christmas Day, according to the national Department of Health.

Department spokesperson Foster Mohale said most of the babies, almost 40%, were born in Gauteng, with KwaZulu-Natal taking the second spot.

The Northern Cape was the first to welcome a new arrival with the birth of a baby girl at Galeshewe Day Hospital at midnight.

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