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Blame game over rise in teenage pregnancies

‘DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES’

TEENAGE pregnancy statistics released recently by KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane indicate that 26 515 girls aged between 10 and 19 fell pregnant between April and December last year, with 1 254 of those girls being 14 and younger.

This was an increase of 7 965 compared to information released by Statistics SA, which recorded that KZN registered 18 550 births for children aged 10

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