Topisi hit by high pregnancy rates

Veronica Letebejane raised this concern during a Kgotla meeting Serowe North East Member of Parliament (MP) Ndelu Seretse addressed last week.

Letebejane complained that some pregnant women were also refusing to give birth at the hospital in Palapye. She revealed that as a result some births took place in the bush, on donkey carts and that one occurred in front of a local primary school. "Some babies were discovered in the bush by boys who had gone to collect firewood. It shows that people are still unaware of the dangers posed by the HIV/AIDS scourge and engage in unprotected sex, hence the many pregnancies," she said.