{{In South Africa, the Annual Schools Survey by the Department of Basic Education has left children\u2019s organisations shocked over new figures showing girls as young as eight are falling pregnant.}}<\/p>\n
According to South Africa\u2019s newspaper, Sunday Times, the survey found that 582 girls between the ages of eight and 14 fell pregnant in 2010. <\/p>\n
They were among 36 702 school girls to fall pregnant. The highest school-girl pregnancy rate was in KwaZulu-Natal with 14 340 recorded gymslip moms.<\/p>\n
Jackie Schoeman, CEO of Cotlands, an NGO that provides early-learning opportunities to vulnerable children said the high number of child pregnancies were as a result of poverty and either single or no-parent households.<\/p>\n
However, Joan van Niekerk, manager of Childline\u2019s national office, attributed the shocking statistics to sexual abuse in the home. <\/p>\n
– News24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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