By Obakeng Maje

Taung-North West Health Department held a “Fight against teenage pregnancy” campaign in Taung on Saturday.

The event took place at Taung Cover Ground and MEC of Health Dr Magome Masike warns the youth about this carnage.

“We experiencing high rate of teenage pregnancy and this is a concern. The youth must wait for the right time before they indulge in this actions” MEC Magome Masike said.

Masike the department of health are offering busaries for disadvantaged pupils and the must take advantage of that.

Most common excuse from the pre-matured girls who engaged into sex blamed poverty.

“Never ever let poverty dictate your full potential. Change your life-style and stop engaging into sex with so-called sugar-daddies” programme director said.

Two pupils attest to this and shared the same statement: “Let’s rather abstain and concentrate on our books and go to church” said Boitshoko Temeku from Pinagare High School.

Cornelius Lobelo said the message they wanted to send across was early pregnancy and sceptic abortion.”The youth must stop engaging into sex at the early age as this will not only cause them become pregnant, but also they will contract diseases like STI, and HIV”.

According to statistics, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati experienced high rate of pregnant pupil sitting on 909 since from last year.

Last year Barolong High School found itself fighting the pregnacy issue as it showed its ugly head at the school.

MEC Masike said they are very adamant in this project and will do their outmost to teach youth about the danger of sex, alcohol and substance abuse.

MEC Masike in conjuction with social Development department were engaged in the initiative and yesterday they held a ‘divine prayer”.

“Yesterday we started at Vryburg where we removed pamphlets with bogus doctors on them. We embarked in the streets of Vryburg trying to let our people know about bogus doctors who claim to help girls abort babies illegally” he siad.

MEC also warned males who believe in penis enlargement to not believe anything like that as medications not offered by legitimate doctors and might lead to hazardous health problems.-TDN

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