12 Christmas babies welcomed at Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni

JOHANNESBURG - Christmas took on a cheerful tone this year after several families welcomed nine newborn babies in Ekurhuleni.

The newborns have since been added to the country’s population registry on Wednesday.

Of the 12 bundles of joy were delivered at Tembisa Hospital - nine of them South African nationals and three others foreign nationals.
 
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza, along with Health MEC Nomantu-Nkomo Ralehoko and Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, visited the hospital on Christmas morning to share in the joy with the new parents.

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The politicians encouraged other parents who have given birth this Christmas to register their children for a birth certificate.
 
Nzuza emphasised the importance of their children being recognised citizens to benefit from the State's services.
 
"We urge mothers to never leave a hospital without having taken a birth certificate for their children. It is very, very important. We don’t want to meet a fully grown person who says, 'I do not have an identity because they did not take a birth certificate'," he said.