The secret hell of child sex abuse

Evil incarnate: The abuse of children continues unabated countrywide
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.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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