The secret hell of child sex abuse

Friday, May 13, 2016

Evil incarnate: The abuse of children continues unabated countrywide

“Once a girl leaves school pregnant, her chances of ever re -entering the education system would be very limited; not because the Ministry of Education does not re admit teenage mothers, but because motherhood is a full time job and raising a baby is very expensive,” education minister, Dr Unity Dow told off all men preying on the young this week.

The nation is still reeling in shock following a week of stunning allegations involving politicians, a purported cover-up bid, a young school girl and a pregnancy.

Just when Batswana thought they had heard the worst in councillor Kemmonye Amon’s admission to impregnating the senior secondary school, reports from another newspaper suggested that a Member of Parliament has impregnated a 17-year-old girl.

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