By JN Reporter
Following a one-and-a-half-day delay to the start of the Mofutsanyana regional conference, African National Congress (ANC) Deputy Chairperson Toto Makume has assured members that all logistical and organisational issues have been resolved and that the gathering will proceed as planne...
A total of 32 Christmas babies have made their way across the Free State province from the early hours of the morning today.
Fourteen girls and 18 baby boys were born at maternity wards across the province.
According to Free State Health Department spokesperson Bonny Sehularo, the maternity ward at Bongani Regional Hospital in Welkom is having a busy day.
The first baby girl was born at 00:02 to an 18-year-old mother at the Elizabeth Ross District Hospital in Qwaqwa. The first baby boy was born at 00:23 to a 27-year-old mother at Bongani Regional Hospital in Welkom
Among the mothers who welcomed their new family members was 23-year-old Sophy Pule from Qwaqwa.
Pule welcomed her daughter at 01:34am at Mofumahadi Manapo Regional Hospital in Qwaqwa weighing 3,650kg
The Premier of the Free State, MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae, MEC for Health in the Province, Monyatsi Mahlatsi, and other members of the executive council visited some of the hospital maternity wards to meet the new babies.
These include Senorita Ntlabathi District Hospital, JD Newburry District Hospital in Clocolan, and Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital in Bloemfontein among others.
