As the country continues to celebrate babies born on Christmas Day, the focus has shifted to concerns about the scourge of teenage pregnancy in South Africa.
The country recorded the births of at least 570 babies between 12am and 12pm on Christmas Day.
Among the new mothers was a 13-year-old girl who gave birth at Seshego Hospital outside Polokwane in Limpopo, three 15-year-olds who gave birth at Emmaus, Hlabisa and St Andrews hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and a 16-year-old young girl who gave birth at Klerksdorp/Tshepong Tertiary Hospital in the North West.
KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Mngadi shared her concerns about the rising cases of teenage pregnancies in the province.
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