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Six Christmas babies for Tambo Memorial this year

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Tambo Memorial Hospital welcomed six healthy newborn babies – three girls and three boys – on Christmas Day.

Baby Semenya, who weighed 1.340kg, was the first baby to be delivered at the hospital at 01:00.

He was followed by baby Hlatshwayo and baby Nkothe, who weighed 2.540kg and 3.240kg, respectively, at 02:05.

The fourth child born at the hospital, at 04:55, was baby Moyo who weighed 2.960kg.

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Babies Mharala and Nxumalo were the last to be delivered, at 05:30 and 06:20, respectively.

One of the mothers, Duduzile Hlatswayo, of Villa Liza, shared her excitement of giving birth on Christmas Day with the Advertiser.

“I am so happy that I gave birth to a healthy bouncing baby, my second child, on a very special day like this one,” said Hlatswayo.

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Lana O'Neill

Lana is the editor of Boksburg Advertiser and Benoni City Times. She grew up on a plot in Boksburg and completed her matric at Willowmoore High. Lana has travelled quite a bit - sometimes for work, sometimes for play - and is an avid Melissa Etheridge fan. Her dedicated journalists keep her young and inspired through the moving community stories they churn out.

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