Teenage pregnancy on the rise in SA: Lebogang Motau
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Mpumalanga Health MEC Sasekani Manzini has raised concerns over the rise of teenage pregnancies. Manzini was speaking at Tonga Hospital in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, where she presented gifts to mothers who gave birth to babies on Christmas Day. Over 40 babies were born in the province. Free World Initiative founder and CEO Lebogang Motau is on Zoom to expand more on this scourge.
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I agree Education starts in your home not at school
If it's statutery rape, the father must be prosecuted.
Parents should take responsibility for educating their children and not leave it to the responsibility of teachers....how much more must teachers take on in their role as educators!
Teenage pregnancy is a major concern in this country..there are no condoms in the country(it's a fact)..I raised that concern with the minister and the Gauteng MEC and there are no contraceptives in plethora, access to the minimal that is available in our clinics;it's a huge struggle,lack of Sexually and Reproductive health and rights education is another contributing factor.
Perpetuity of Bad staff attitude towards young people,prevents kids and teenagers from going to the clinics...we need a comprehensive conversation around this matter as a society. Today as we speak there are new HIV infections affecting kids and teenagers which amounts to an upward of 1000 per weekend and it's a major concern. Those kids are equally exposed to STIs,HIV and to unplanned pregnancies and there's an Acute shortage of abortion pills in the country. Home based education, civic education and out doors programs and universal access to healthcare, should be the considerable interventions to some degree will assist to alleviate those social ills. Uncontrollable consumption of alcohol and drugs in our society is a thorny reality and the Perpetual gratuitous social media content, which bears blatant graphic material compounds the situation.
We also need a strong synergy between government, business and civil society to breach the gap in the dichotomy between policy and practice.
I am from Treatment Action Campaign in Gauteng.
Abusing alcohol and drugs is one's own decision,blaming pregnancy on the lack of condoms is ridiculous,blame shifting will not help and makes matters worse,people need to take responsibility for their own actions,and parents should start teaching their children moral values,and they need to lead by example,blame shifting won't help to fix the situation.
We don't want the contraceptives!!.....Give us the money!!!!. Contraceptives can not be exchanged for booze!!. I am too laid back to work, send my daughters out!!!. Gimme...Gimme..Gimme!!
Education is key teach the girls the value of therr body they must learn how to respect and protect there body .
Ayepyep generation, I wonder where they learn this 🤔 things! Oh flip, just realized that they learn this things from their parents and other so called grown ups around them
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT ON THEIR CELLPHONES?
@@sandindamae.iwantmetowin5652 they're looking at their parents doing stupid sh🤬t on tiktok
One day you are going to be a parent /grandparent if you are not one already and I pray for your sake that your daughter /granddaughter does not fall prey to some sick older man looking to pleasure himself.
Only few parents are upset to see their teenagers having babies. They are happy to be called gogo and mkhulu. Is it not a problem of education ?
The Department of Education is part of the problem--Life Orientation --the subject--teach the children very graphically about all this--in stead of teaching them proper subjects/ skills to prepare for their careers. The Government should not dealing out children grants for every baby born-it should be stopped after no more than 2 babies.Condoms are dished out very often.
I beg to differ. Problem starts at home, not school. Absent fathers, poverty and just general immorality are some of the biggest contributors not the education system. Charity begins at home
@@Pagasus - Yes your right but the education system is part of the problem. Thomas Sowell has already shown that once sex education is introduced into schools in America teenage pregnancy's and venereal diseases went up.
@@jacquesdewet2661 I think I misread Christine’s comment - My bad. Now that I’ve read it again she’s actually on point, and so are you. Thank you for the correction. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
JESUS said we are actually Sodom&Gomorra nation, ➡️Roman 9v 27-29 Amen 🙌🏾
Wow when I was 12 I was stil playing with my dolls
And by the time you were 16 you were facking the brains out of the boys heads...
Because you had them dolls. Some of h these kids don’t even have toys to begin with. Worse part is that they get smart phones, get exposed to content that that they shouldn’t be. This is horrible.
"Children of the future"....grant benefeciary...
When last dit you helped someone who has got nothing???? If you are so facking clever...why not come up with selutions????
Yup
yup.. voting fodder.
No anther option the world is changing . Technology is taking over . Most of jobs will disappear . Companies Have to pay tax to the government and people will receive social grant. Only one job leaved is sexually activities nothing else
There's the problem right there. Government made the age of consent 12 and three years later they're asking why the high birth rate. I'm flabbergasted 🙆🏽♀️
Now they talking about it starts in the home. When government legalized these things, teach the children about exploring their sexuality in the school curriculum. Setting parents up between a rock and a hard place
Age 8, What????
yeah, it's that crazy!
Why didn't yall blur their faces? according to "ethics of journalism"
School education system are introducing the kids from 5 to 6 years what about that?
Absolutely disgusting.
Oh well us poor tax payers
Was this on the news last year
This is an issue centred around education and socio-economic issues.
We are placing a lot on these teenagers when we just speak of sex-talks and abstainance. We have to look at the parents and the style of parenting. You find that educated parents know how to inculcate the value system and societal norms in their children down to their toes as opposed to parents who aren't educated.
I mean you look at how they walk, how they dress and knowing the difference between when to talk and when to listen. It's amazing!
Even the attitude with regards to safety educated parents tend to have better awareness. They're always alarmed and have measures in place to deal with arising issues. Whereas you find that in poor areas anything goes. Probably because they have much worse to worry about.
We're not talking how difficult it is for young people trying to further their studies and stay on a career path.
they know the fathers, and minimize poverty and encourage education
Parenting is a huge problem in sa, were adults lacks responsibility, if parents are instilling values and morals instead of racism we will have a better sa
Unemployment and lockdowns
REEMPHASIZE ABSTAINANCE