Democratic Alliance Calls for Action on Sexual Assault Amid High Teenage Pregnancy Rates

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Democratic Alliance Calls for Action on Sexual Assault Amid High Teenage Pregnancy Rates
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The Democratic Alliance has called on the government to act sternly against teenage pregnancy after the World Health Organisation released the latest figures.

The Democratic Alliance is concerned that South Africa has one of the higheast rates of teenage pregnancy rates in the world

The World Health Organisation revealed in April that one in four teenagers in the country were pregnant The party called on the country's law enforcement agencies ande the criminalk justice system tobe harder on sexual assaultcurrent affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, service delivery protests and heritage in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutiviis alarmed that teenage pregnancy in the country is increasing and has called for those who commit sexual crimes to be given long...

"How many convictions do we have from those caes because one of the solutions to solving this crisis is that there needs to be serious consequences for the perpetrators. We need to talk about lengthy jail time," Abraham said."Destroy Onlyfans and Pornhub for good. The world will be a better place." Ntobeko Mafu, who is now a successful poultry farmer, shared her story of how she became a teenage mother and escaped an abusive relationship.Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art.

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