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‘No 10-year-old should be a mother’: Eastern Cape’s child pregnancy crisis

20th June 2025 Chwayita Dinginto 0

More than 15,000 girls aged just 10 to 19 years have given birth in the Eastern Cape since April 2024, a deepening crisis of child pregnancy driven by poor health access, limited education, and systemic neglect.

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