More boys than girls born in 2021 & these were the most common names given

Information about fathers remains a challenge for Stats SA, but unmarried dads are set to have their details registered on their children's birth certificates

22 December 2022 - 14:45

More than a million babies were born in South Africa in 2021, with many being named Melokuhle, Lethabo or Lethokuhle...

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