The alarming rate of pregnancies.
Political parties together with GBV organisations are calling on police to pursue criminal cases as 296 pregnancies were recorded among girls aged 10 to 14-years-old in the Western Cape during the 2024/25 financial year.
This is according to statistics released by the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness, as shared by DA Western Cape spokesperson on Social Development, Wendy Kaizer-Philander.
Kaizer-Philander called on the department to raise the alarm as the ages of the girls are becoming increasingly younger.
She said it was also a matter for the police to pursue.
