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KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has raised concerns about the high number of teenagers who have delivered babies this Christmas.

A seven-month pregnant teenage girl plays with a doll.Simelane was at KwaDukuza’s General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Hospital welcoming the new arrivals.The youngest mother is 15-years-old.also run the risk of being exposed to sexually transmitted diseases.

“We are very concerned as a province of the number of young mothers that are increasing. The number is becoming more over the years. This year we have a 15-year-old mother that gave birth at Prince Mshiyeni Hospital. For us, this is a serious issue because for a 15-year-old to give birth now it means she fell pregnant when she was 14. That is really statutory rape. It is something that as a society we should not keep quiet about. As a society, we cannot encourage .

“We know that some families would say where a 15-year-old has been impregnated and they ask the man to pay damages. There is no amount of damages paid that would actually change back the life of that particular child. As families, we must stand firm as families. We must sure that those who abuse our children they must pay the prize those that abuse our children the law must take its cause.”

Three mothers, Thobekile Shabane, Thobeka Ngubane and Nokuthula Dube welcomed the gifts presented to them on behalf of their Christmas newborns. Forty babies have been delivered on Christmas Day Mpumalanga. Among the babies are two sets of twins who were delivered at both Lydenburg and Matikwani hospitals in Thaba Chweu and Bushbuckridge, respectively.Health MEC Sasekani Manzine showered the mothers with gifts in the spirit of Christmas. She, however, raised concerns over teenage pregnancies.

 

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Underage pregnancy is the result of rape, not consexual sex. Deal with the fathers who impregnated these children. A country cannot have children giving birth to children. Think about the long term social implications

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